Contradictions Of Conservation And Sustainable Development Strategies In Protected Areas (Pas): Ecotourism Prospects And Park – People Conflict In Nanda Devi National Park

Abstract

Protected Areas (PAs) are last bastion of nature in the Anthropocene era. However, the economic development of local people in these areas are major issues worldwide. Ecotourism projected as panacea, promised to fulfill the conflicting goals of the nature conservation on one hand and providing economic benefits to the local people on the other hand. The ground level experience has somewhat different story. The present research work examines the conflicting goals of ecotourism and nature conservation in the Nanda Devi National Park area.