Can wildlife thrive in India without active human intervention? | In Focus Podcast

How should India balance wildlife conservation with development, local livelihoods and the need for scientific research?In this discussion, Prof Qamar Qureshi, formerly of the Wildlife Institute of India, and Prof Uma Ramakrishnan of the National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru, examine the changing approaches to conservation, the challenges of protecting threatened species and the need to make conservation science more inclusive and responsive to the realities on the ground.Read excrepts from the conversationHost: Jacob KoshyProducer: Jude WestonFor more episodes of In Focus: Published - October 15, 2026 07:44 pm IST