Roopak,
I think that is a point put forth which is more than apt and relevant. As 'Photographers' we are often myopic about the entire purpose of the effort. We often forget that what we are capturing is only there because that is how God had meant it to be and that it is only in our hands that we ensure that it stays the way it is if not strive to improve it.

Selfish and Cowardly would only be weak words to say if I mention that I am a Wildlife Photographer and Conservation is not my job but someone else's.

Let's be very honest with ourselves. We are photographers only because there are people who have been doing their job more than well enough to ensure that nature is preserved and it is only fair that they have the helping hand in whatever form it might be.

In line with what Roopak mentioned, we don't have to be Billy Arjan Singh or Fateh Singh Rathore to be a conservationist, but having the will and the heart to be one is what is the need of the hour.

A small anecdote to put forth my point: There is a particular person who I interacted with when I was in Goa and grew very fond of. He is a person who has grown up in the Chorla Ghats and loves it as his family. You see him smiling each time he is there, just knowing that he is at peace at home. The amount of effort he has put in for conservation and discovery in those hills is extraordinary. Not much is known about these mountains and a great number of flora and fauna in the place is still undiscovered and undocumented. Yet, it hasn't deterred him from making every single effort whether he has people behind him or not. Why is he doing it? For photographers like you and me? Or is it because it is necessary to do so for understanding how beautiful and enigmatic nature really is?

His name is Nirmal Kulkarni as some might have guessed and has worked for the discovery of various species of smaller fauna in the region.

I can lecture longer, but knowing that I have not done anything substantial till date for conservation but for some remote efforts here and there, I should keep mum. But what I realise is that it is important that people who are working in the fields get our support and we at the same time do our little bit in whatever form it might be.