Скачать или смотреть The Himalayas: An Ecological Battle—Trevor Price and Stephen Alter in conversation

n an age of extreme climatic disruption, changing migration patterns and ecological damage, a session that spotlights the fragile balance between mankind and nature on the greatest mountain range on the planet. Academic and writer Trevor Price’s work focuses on ecology and evolution with a special interest in Himalayan biodiversity. He is the author of Speciation in Birds and many other publications. Writer Stephen Alter is the author of several books including Wild Himalaya: A Natural History of the Greatest Mountain Range on Earth, which traverses the length and breadth of the massif, interweaving history, environment, myth and fact. Together they discuss the bewildering biodiversity of the Himalayas as well as the paradoxes of the legal and societal assaults on its ecology.

Recorded on November 9, 2020 by the UChicago Center in Delhi

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