Debate:
Whose landscape is it anyway?
Environment versus development in
South Asia today
Monday 6 July, 18.30
BP Lecture Theatre
£5, booking advised (includes a day pass to Royal Botanic Gardens,
Kew)
To celebrate the British Museum and Kew’s 250th anniversaries, a
panel of experts will discuss the economic, scientific and cultural
tensions that arise when humans assert their ability to dominate
the landscape, with a particular focus on India. The event will be
chaired by Sarah Mukherjee, BBC environment correspondent, with
panellists including Nicholas Stern, author of the Stern
Review, Tahmima Anam, writer and journalist, Ramachandra Guha,
writer and historian and Debal Deb, environmental scientist and
author.
Supported by the World Collections Programme
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