At the Feet of Living Things

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Some years ago my colleagues at the Nature Conservation Foundation were discussing how we would like to tell more reflective, honest stories about our work – not just the shiny, polished narratives that are usually required in standard research, education and conservation publications.

So we decided to write a book, collating our individual and shared adventures and learnings over the 25 years (now 28 hrs) of NCF’s existence. The 16 chapters talk about successes and failures; of elation and despair. Of love of landscapes and wildlife; of deep affection and respect for embedded communities. Of what has been learned and what has been unlearned. And all this with humour and humility (we hope!).

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AT THE FEET OF LIVING THINGS has been out a few months shy of 2 years now. If you have read it, would you mind sharing your thoughts below?

CONTENTS

Foreword by Mahesh Rangarajan

Introduction: What every starfish knows - Aparajita Datta, Rohan Arthur, TR Shankar Raman

PART 1: PEOPLE AND PARKS

  1. Drawing lines in the water - Rucha Karkarey, Mayuresh Gangal

  2. Contested terrain - Aparajita Datta

PART II: AMONG WILD SPECIES

  1. A snow leopard dies again - Charudutt Mishra

  2. The trails and trials of dugong research - Elrika D’souza

  3. Hornbills - of hope and resilience - Aparajita Datta

  4. The day of the macaque - Anindya ‘Rana’ Sinha

PART III: LIVING WITH WILDLIFE

  1. Conservation is an elephantine journey - M. Ananda Kumar, Ganesh Raghunathan, Vinod Krishnan, Sreedhar Vijayakrishnan

  2. Snow leopard in the stockade - Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi, Ajay Bijoor

  3. Trouble on the green - Teresa Alcoverro, Rohan Arthur

  4. Inclusive conservation with Project Snow Leopard - Yash Veer Bhatnagar

PART IV: THE FALL AND REVIVAL OF NATURE

  1. A rainforest restoration story - TR Shankar Raman, Divya Mudappa

  2. Searching for resilience in a dying reef - Rohan Arthur

PART V: BRINGING PEOPLE AND NATURE TOGETHER

  1. Birders-in-arms - Suhel Quader

  2. A bond rekindled - Pranav Trivedi

  3. Citizens see the season’s signs - Swati Sidhu, Geetha Ramaswami

  4. Confessions of a crazy birder - P Jeganathan

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