INDIA is teeming with biodiversity. Animals, birds, insects, plants, trees, water bodies — there is more than one can hope to see in a lifetime. It is a wealth of natural resources that offers an opportunity to earn and create local prosperity. Conservation can be profitable and result in livelihoods for local communities. Many things are possible and one way is wildlife tourism, but in India it sucks. You have a choice of dumb CPWD kind of facilities or rapacious and low-quality private operators or extremely expensive five-star facilities. They all come with a heavy footprint. Wildlife, on. . .
