The relationship between conservation and development has undergone extensive scrutiny, primarily because of they appear to be antagonistic. Recent work points instead to their complex intermingling, such as the potential economic benefits of conservation. In this article, I argue that conservation is an inherent part of the development regime. I argue this by describing conservation practices in Nagarahole Tiger Reserve that reliy on scientific governance, an essential mechanism of the development regime. I trace this regime from its inception in the colonial period through forestry operations to its continuance in the conservation regime instituted post-independence. However, despite their co-evolution, this relationship is neither simple nor straightforward. I show how everyday governance draws on customary practices and experiential knowledge of local communities inhabiting Nagarahole. This aspect is devalourized in the official governance regime to the extent that these communities are disenfranchized from their lands. By establishing conservation as development, I suggest that conservation projects should be subjected to the same level of scrutiny and examination usually allocated to development projects, which are associated with exploitation, control and drastic modification of the landscapes we inhabit.

保护与发展之间的关系已受到广泛的审查，主要是因为它们似乎具有拮抗作用。相反，最近的工作指向了它们的复杂混杂，例如保护的潜在经济利益。在本文中，我认为保护是发展制度的固有组成部分。我通过描述Nagarahole Tiger Reserve的保护实践来论证这一点，该保护实践依赖于科学治理，这是发展机制的基本机制。我追溯了该政权从殖民时期通过林业行动开始，一直延续到独立后建立的保护政权。但是，尽管它们共同发展，但这种关系既不简单也不直接。我展示了日常治理如何利用习惯做法和居住在Nagarahole的当地社区的经验知识来进行的。在这方面，官方治理制度不重视这些方面，因为这些社区被剥夺了其土地的权利。通过将保护定为发展，我建议保护项目应接受通常分配给开发项目的相同级别的审查和检查，这与我们居住的景观的开发，控制和大幅修改相关。