This paper examines the impact of wildlife tourism on the livelihoods of local population around the Ranthambhore National Park in India which is popular for tiger sighting. A detailed household questionnaire elicited information on demographic details, income sources and consumption expenditure...

Book Review of Ramprasad Sengupta, Ecological Limits and Economic Development: Creating Space, Oxford University Press, Delhi, 2013, pp.424, Rs. 1250, ISBN 9780198081654

Indian rural populations greatly depend on natural resources for meeting various biomass needs, especially in a geographically difficult area like the Himalayas. A number of external interventions in the form of expansion of commercial fuels, afforestation, harvesting renewable energy sources,...