Man and Nature in India: The Ecological Balance
Man and Nature in India: The Ecological Balance This piece is extracted from "Man and Nature in India: The Ecological Balance," included in A Bird's Eye View: The Collected Essays and Shorter Writings of Salim Ali. Salim Ali Jaments the human tendency to over-exploit the environment and to kill creatures indiscriminately but what makes this essay extraordinary is that instead of suggesting various methods of nature conservation and reclamation of threatened resources, he recommends a revolutionary step. As the root cause of environmental exploitation and degradation is explosion of human population. tough measures have to be taken to check our numbers, and in achieving this aim bio-mimicry is an option that may be considered. Bio-minicry means Salim Ali begins the essay by saying that habitat destruction is the main cause for extinction of species. When we cut down forest for agricultural purposes, to fulfill the food needs of the overpopulated world it destroys the habit