'Wildlife in our Backyards and how India Might Show the Way' a talk by Dr. Vidya Athreya at Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (NMML), Teen Murti House, Teen Murti Marg > 3pm on 15th May 2014
Time : 3:00 pm
Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)
Place : Seminar Room, Library Building, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (NMML), Teen Murti House, Teen Murti Marg, New Delhi - 110011
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Event Description : The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library cordially invites you to a Public Lecture (in the ‘Science, Society and Nature’ series) on ‘Wildlife in our Backyards and how India Might Show the Way’ by Dr. Vidya Athreya, Wildlife Conservation Society-India, Pune.
Abstract : We believe wild animals should restrict themselves only to within wilderness areas. However, Protected Areas are man-made boundaries not understood by wild animals, they cover only about 5% of the land area in India, the Indian laws strictly protects wild animals irrespective of its geography making it inevitable that wild animals will use human use landscapes. For the wild carnivores India has one of the highest density of domestic animals making it a prey rich landscape. While most parts of the world have seen the decimation of its wild carnivores despite much lower human density, India still retains all its wild carnivores except the cheetah. The reasons why wildlife still persists among high human densities is not yet clear but widespread extermination of wild carnivores has never been part of the Indian people’s mandate. In contrast many developed countries today are coming to terms with carnivore populations that are now recolonising following extermination decades ago. The speaker uses the case of the leopard to show how this species contests the expected notions of wild animals, geographies and how as biologists we are dealing with only one aspect of what is essentially a very complex issue.
Speaker : Dr. Vidya Athreya is an ecologist whose has always been interested in interactions between different species. She has been working on the human leopard interactions in human use landscapes in Maharashtra for the last decade. She did her Masters from Pondicherry and Iowa University, her PhD from Manipal University and is currently with the Wildlife Conservation Society - India programme.
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Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)
Place : Seminar Room, Library Building, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (NMML), Teen Murti House, Teen Murti Marg, New Delhi - 110011
Venue Info : Events | About | Map | Nearest Metro Station - 'Race Course(Yellow Line)'
Event Description : The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library cordially invites you to a Public Lecture (in the ‘Science, Society and Nature’ series) on ‘Wildlife in our Backyards and how India Might Show the Way’ by Dr. Vidya Athreya, Wildlife Conservation Society-India, Pune.
Abstract : We believe wild animals should restrict themselves only to within wilderness areas. However, Protected Areas are man-made boundaries not understood by wild animals, they cover only about 5% of the land area in India, the Indian laws strictly protects wild animals irrespective of its geography making it inevitable that wild animals will use human use landscapes. For the wild carnivores India has one of the highest density of domestic animals making it a prey rich landscape. While most parts of the world have seen the decimation of its wild carnivores despite much lower human density, India still retains all its wild carnivores except the cheetah. The reasons why wildlife still persists among high human densities is not yet clear but widespread extermination of wild carnivores has never been part of the Indian people’s mandate. In contrast many developed countries today are coming to terms with carnivore populations that are now recolonising following extermination decades ago. The speaker uses the case of the leopard to show how this species contests the expected notions of wild animals, geographies and how as biologists we are dealing with only one aspect of what is essentially a very complex issue.
Speaker : Dr. Vidya Athreya is an ecologist whose has always been interested in interactions between different species. She has been working on the human leopard interactions in human use landscapes in Maharashtra for the last decade. She did her Masters from Pondicherry and Iowa University, her PhD from Manipal University and is currently with the Wildlife Conservation Society - India programme.
Related Links : Talks | Environment
'Wildlife in our Backyards and how India Might Show the Way' a talk by Dr. Vidya Athreya at Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (NMML), Teen Murti House, Teen Murti Marg > 3pm on 15th May 2014
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