01249nas a2200109   4500008004100000245005400041210005400095260001200149520084600161100002001007856011201027       2014                        eng d00aConservation Through Radical Ecological Democracy0 aConservation Through Radical Ecological Democracy  aLeipzig3 a<p>Globalised development and centralised natural resource governance have seriously threatened the ecological security of countries like India, with rapid loss of ecosystems and biodiversity. Official responses to such loss have mostly been top-down, undemocratic protected area systems and conservation laws. However, across the country as in other parts of the world, communities and civil society groups are responding with alternative pathways of well-being and conservation, including sustainable living, localised economies, radical or direct democracy, social justice, and other aspects of what could be called a Radical Ecological Democracy. Community-based or community-led conservation is one element of this move. Recent legislations such as the Forest Rights Act are also helping to democratise the governance of ecosystems.</p>1 aKothari, Ashish  uhttps://degrowth.community/conference2014/science/content/conservation-through-radical-ecological-democracy