The Lewa Conservation Way
In the last week of December, 2005, the beleaguered Indian tiger was again in the news. Tiger killing in north Indian sanctuaries made it to the front pages of many national dailies. The developments justifiably raised the hackles of environmentalists and conservationists. The ongoing debate on building incentives within sanctuaries to check species poaching and conserve wildlife species, acquired even greater urgency. It's a sharply polarised debate. Not surprisingly so: there are stakeholders whose objectives don't necessarily coincide