01188pab a2200157 454500008004000000100001900040245006100059260000900120300001300129362001100142520077800153650002600931700001700957700002200974773003400996180718b2009   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aMawdsley, Enna  aNature lovers, picnickers and bourgeois environmentalism  c2009  ap.49-59.  a14 Mar  aIndia's middle class visitors to the country's wildlife sanctuaries and protected areas are ignored in policy formulation as well as academic analyses of wildlife conservation. Traditionally, the conservation discourse has focused on the face-off between elite conservation institutions and the marginalised social groups, with domestic tourists being overlooked. At best, the latter are looked upon by the scientific-administrative lite as frivolous picickers. But this neglect of an ever-increasing constituency is an opportunity lost to gain its support for conservation policies and practices. It also means that the considerable investment and planning needed to promote environmental education as part of          a visit to a protected area is missing. - Reproduced.  aWildlife Conservation  aBeazley, Kim  aMehra, Deepshikha  aEconomic and Political Weekly