The fact is that people in public areas can and should expect to be filmed

in germany i can expect the opposite because surveillance cameras in public spaces are illegal.

this is not a "think of the women" argument, but "think of the people".

To be very clear, this only applies to private individuals setting up cameras. The government is very much able to surveil the population to its hearts content [1] (link German). There are plenty of "security" cameras around Berlin, at least.

[1]: https://www.bundestag.de/resource/blob/507980/bf8a67c2440522...

In most countries, people can legally spend all morning taking photos in a park if they want.

But the real problem in this particular case can be spotted from a mile. Crime against nature was so rampant, that the India government must spend money and use cameras, drones and anything to stop it in the protected area. This is really "think of the criminals".

The alleged psychological damage done to women because a natural protected area is being surveilled, is clearly an excuse from poachers, unable now to continue their previous activity freely.

I will not try to pretend that I know the role of women on Indian culture and how much fragile mentally they are, but I assume that people can understand that scientific work is necessary; and that behind each camera there is not necessarily a rapist (Cambridge has also women doing science also). If this women are so stressed, the most probable reason is that they are poachers also.

Either you protect it, or you lose it. My sympathy for the "victims" of protecting nature is low and decreasing.