Indigenous Land Rights and Tiger Conservation in India
India's tiger population has grown to over 3,000 since the country's conservation programme began 50 years ago, but Indigenous people say wildlife conservation projects have displaced members of their community over the past half-century. Several Indigenous groups say the conservation strategies, deeply influenced by American environmentalism, have meant uprooting numerous communities who had lived in the forests for millennia. Experts say conservation policies that try to create a pristine wilderness have been influenced by prejudices against local communities.