The Snow Leopard and the Goat: Politics of Conservation in the Western Himalayas, Shafqat Hussain

Автор: Hussain, Shafqat
Название: Snow leopard and the goat
ISBN: 0295746572 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780295746579
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Following the downgrading of the snow leopard’s status from “endangered” to “vulnerable” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature in 2017, debate has renewed about the actual number of snow leopards in the wild and the most effective strategies for coexisting with these enigmatic animals. Evidence from Pakistan and other countries in the snow leopard’s home range shows that they rely heavily on human society—domestic livestock accounts for as much as 70 percent of their diet. Maintaining that the snow leopard is a “wild” animal, conservation NGOs and state agencies have enacted laws that punish farmers for attacking these predators, while avoiding engaging with efforts to mitigate the harms suffered by farmers whose herds are reduced by snow leopards.

This ethnography examines the uneven distribution of costs and benefits involved in snow leopard conservation and shows that for the conservation of nature to be successful, the vision, interests, and priorities of those most affected by conservation policies—in this case, local farmers—must be addressed. A case history of Project Snow Leopard in the mountains of northern Pakistan, which inspired similar programs in India, Bhutan, Nepal, Mongolia, Afghanistan and Tajikistan, describes how the animal’s food habits are studied, how elusive individuals are counted, and how a novel kind of “snow leopard insurance” has protected the species by compensating farmers for livestock losses. The Snow Leopard and the Goat demonstrates that characterizing this conflict as one between humans (farmers) and wildlife (snow leopards) is misleading, as the real conflict is between two human groups—farmers and conservationists—who see the snow leopard differently.

Автор: Mufti Mariam, Shafqat Sahar, Siddiqui Niloufer
Название: Pakistan`s Political Parties: Surviving Between Dictatorship and Democracy
ISBN: 1626167710 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781626167711
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Описание: Pakistan`s Political Parties examines how the civilian side of the state`s current regime has survived the transition to democracy, providing insight into the evolution of political parties in Pakistan and their role in developing democracies in general. This overview is a one-of-a-kind resource.