{"id":1392,"date":"2026-08-09T19:11:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/comment-on-environmentalism-of-the-poor-upsc-psir-2023-2605\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:56:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:25","slug":"comment-on-environmentalism-of-the-poor-upsc-psir-2023-2605","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/comment-on-environmentalism-of-the-poor-upsc-psir-2023-2605\/","title":{"rendered":"Comment on Environmentalism of the poor."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>&mdash; how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">GB concept = ecological struggle of poor and marginal communities \u2192 livelihood, health, culture, routes autonomy at stake \u2192 survival, not leisure. | R2 | Not a post-material luxury.. for the poor, protecting forests\/land \/water is a survival struggle. ties human and ecological survival together.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">Martinez-Alier: ecological distribution conflicts (who bears costs \/ who gains) \u2192 Guha: Northern flow \u201cfull stomach\u201d (scientists) vs Southern \u201cempty stomach\u201d (the poor) \u2192 joins distribution + recognition + participation; human rights = environmental rights \u2014. arises around mining, dams, land grabbing, biomass; idiom of dignity and sacredness \u2192 Indian cases: Chipko (Guha\u2019s label), Narmada, Niyamgiri, Tuticorin \u2192 Forest Rights Act, 2006 as a legal response.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">The poor are not always environmentalists \u2192 the concept names only conflicts where survival view aligns with ecological preservation.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">Conclusion | R1 Reframes environmentalism as justice \u2014 the distribution of ecological benefits and burdens. | R2 | Ecological protection and human survival are inseparable.. environment as equity, not leisure.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[34],"pyq_marks":[38],"pyq_topic":[67],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1392","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-34","pyq_marks-10-marks","pyq_topic-social-movements","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2615,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1392\/revisions\/2615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1392"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1392"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1392"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}