Lost subtext of the planetary crisis

Siddarth Shrikanth's book explores the urgent need to prioritise nature and adopt a nature-positive approach in addressing the global environmental crisis

The Case for Nature: The Other Planetary Crisis

Author: Siddarth Shrikanth

Publisher: Penguin

Pages: 304

Price: Rs 699

Today’s planetary crisis — and by extension climate, ecological and the entire natural reserve crisis — originates from historical, political and economic agendas of the recent past. Climate change, carbon emissions, air and water pollution, and so on have been hot topics for decades, and grow hotter with each passing year. Conveniently overlooked is the blatantly urban nature of the problems we identify and the same urban mindset with which we attempt to resolve them. Local units of change and crisis — thinning indigenous tribes, marine and