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U4 Brief | 2020

The conservation-corruption conundrum: Understanding everyday relationships between rangers and communities

Anwesha Dutta (2020)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Brief 2020:15)
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https://www.u4.no/publications/the-conservation-corruption-conundrum-understanding-everyday-relationships-between-rangers-and-communities

Rangers are at the frontline of biodiversity conservation and are perhaps the only actors that bridge the human-nature divide through their work in protecting charismatic species and engaging with local communities. A better understanding of rangers roles and positionalities in the context of places with ethnic conflict, corruption and natural resources management can aid better policy and practice outcomes.

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https://www.u4.no/publications/the-conservation-corruption-conundrum-understanding-everyday-relationships-between-rangers-and-communities

Anwesha Dutta

Senior Researcher
  • anwesha.dutta@cmi.no
  • Corruption
  • India
  • Corruption
  • Anti-corruption
  • Rangers
  • Forest conservation
  • Wildlife
  • Illegal logging

Also by this author:

Book Chapter | Apr 2022

If the army cuts trees, why can’t we? Resource extraction, hunting and the impacts of militaries on biodiversity conservation

Anwesha Dutta and Trishant Simlai

Enforcing Ecocide: Power, Policing & Planetary Militarization

Book Chapter | Mar 2022

Hunting

Anwesha Dutta, Suthirtha Lahiri

Routledge Companion to Northeast India

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Albania’s Special Courts against Corruption and Organised Crime

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