India: Environment, the Unsuspecting Victim of Cross-Border Conflicts

Mar 31, 2021 | Vaishnavi Rathore, Bastion
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Be it the deserts of Rajasthan and Gujarat, or the Himalayan regions of Himachal Pradesh, Ladakh, and Arunachal Pradesh, these strategically sensitive and secluded landscapes end up slipping through the cracks of conservation research. Trans-national conservation could turn the tables in these geographies that India shares with China and Pakistan, which more often than not are subjected to tenous cross-border relations and lacklustre conservation efforts.