Conservation Kaleidoscope

Conservation Kaleidoscope is a collection of over a 100 edits and accompanying news items that have appeared over the last two decades in the Protected Area Update, a bimonthly newsletter on wildlife and conservation that has been published regularly by environmental action group, Kalpavriksh since 1994. Written by the newsletter’s long time editor, Pankaj Sekhsaria, the individual edits offer an interesting and often counter-intuitive account of the state of wildlife conservation and protected area management in contemporary India. Organised over 14 broad themes in this collection, the book offers a ringside view of conservation that is as challenging and informative as it is insightful and provocative. About the Editor Pankaj Sekhsaria has been a long-time member of Kalpavriksh and editor of the Protected Area Update for nearly a quarter of a century now. He has a Master’s Degree in Mass Communication from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India and a recent PhD in Science and Technology Studies from Maastricht University, the Netherlands. He is currently Associate Professor, Centre for Technology Alternatives for Rural Areas (CTARA), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay. He has written extensively on issues of conservation in India and more recently on the complex and very interesting relationships between science, society and technology. Pankaj is the author/editor of 10 books on a range of topics including the Andaman & Nicobar Islands, protected areas and wildlife in different geographies of India and on technology, society and innovation with a special focus on nanotechnology in the Indian context.