This presentation was on the occasion of Bombay Natural History Society’s 125th year. EQUATIONS was invited to organise a workshop at their International Conference “Conserving Biodiversity in a Globalising India”17-19 February 2009 in Bangalore. The presentation served as the keynote address to the workshop and is in three parts: Interrogating the assumptions, myths and realities of globalisation, Exploring the trends in conservation ideology and its implications, Examining how tourism plays its part in this drama – its overt and covert agendas and their implications on biodiversity and people’s rights. Publisher: Equitable Tourism Options (EQUATIONS) Contact: [email protected], +91.80.25457607 Visit: www.equitabletourism.org, www.equitabletourism.org/stage/readfull.php?AID=345