Facebook reminded me of my reading of this 1998 paper by Prof. Madhav Gadgil et al titled - "Sacred Woods, Grasslands and Waterbodies as Self-organised Systems of Conservation".
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I read this during my B-school days. They didn't teach. I read. If this stuff is taught as a part of curriculum it will upset young impressionable minds!
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"If resources earlier valued are now obtained from elsewhere, or in other ways, as for instance, with use of medicinal herbs being abandoned in favour of allopathic drugs, .."
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"or of leaf manure being given up in favour of chemical fertilizers the opportunity costs of conservation would be considered to have increased"
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"Lastly, if future is discounted, with immediate interests being given more weight, the opportunity costs of conservation would be perceived to have gone up"
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"In general, rapid technological progress has favoured such discounting of future value of resources, in the belief that technological solutions would always be available to deal with any resource scarcities"
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The last line written in 1998 is so relevant even now two decades later! Bill Gates' book on climate change is full of such hope. That is the hope of our lifetimes. Sacred grove model of conservation doesn't suit our sensibilities.
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Ours is the era of Puja room Hinduism. All things outside are managed or mismanaged by corporate juggernaut and secular godless legal people/legislature/executive. Nothing sacred outside. Particularly not groves/forests. They are just resources.
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