Archi Rastogi

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used Stakeholder Analysis (SA) to identify important stakeholder groups and assess their relationships, relative power and importance in a case study of Corbett National Park, India.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors use qualitative methods to gain a deep understanding of complex problems and poorly researched areas, and they can be particularly useful to help explain underlying conservation problems. How...

TL;DR: The authors explored the diverse viewpoints of conservationists in India to identify the predict- able points of disagreement and potential areas of consensu s, and discuss the implications of these viewpoints for addressing complex socio-ecological conservation challenges, and suggest the need to avoid framing con- servation policy discussions along the tiger-tribal debate and instead focus on existing areas of agree- ment.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the role of institutional arrangements in four National Parks of the Indian Western Himalaya at varying altitude through multiple case study analysis using qualitative methods and concluded that a three-tier setup involving local communities and civil society organizations, supported by enabling government policies is most efficacious in mainstreaming socio-economic development of local communities, and environmental concerns in tourism management framework.

TL;DR: This review paper connects the key literature from conservation biology, environmental history, management sciences, policy and political sciences to underline the gridlock of tiger conservation: it needs exclusive protected areas that antagonize communities, and it depends on the support of the same communities for success.