Contested nature : promoting international biodiversity with social justice in the twenty-first century / edited by Steven R. Brechin ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brechin, Steven R., 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Protected areas--Social aspects--Developing countries.

Protected areas.

Protected areas--Political aspects--Developing countries.

Biodiversity conservation--Social aspects--Developing countries.

Biodiversity conservation.

Biodiversity conservation--Political aspects--Developing countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (339 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Contends that effective biological conservation and social justice must go hand in hand.

Contents:

""CONTESTED NATURE""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1. Contested Nature: Conservation and Development at the Turn of the Twenty-first Century by PETER R. WILSHUSEN, STEVEN R. BRECHIN, CRYSTAL L. FORTWANGLER, PATRICK C. WEST""; ""Part I: Politics, Power, and Social Justice in Biodiversity Conservation""; ""2. The Winding Road: Incorporating Social Justice and Human Rights into Protected Area Policies by CRYSTAL L. FORTWANGLER""; ""3. Exploring the Political Contours of Conservation: A Conceptual View of Power in Practice by PETER R. WILSHUSEN""

""4. Wandering Boundaries and Illegal Residents: The Political Ecology of Protected Area Deforestation in South Sumatra Indonesia from 1979 to 1992 by STEVEN R. BRECHIN""""5. Territory, Nature, and Culture: Negotiating the Boundaries of Biodiversity Conservation in Colombia�s Pacific Coastal Region by PETER R. WILSHUSEN""; ""6. Unmasking the “Local�: Gender, Community, and the Politics of Community-Based Rural Ecotourism in Belize by JILL M. BELSKY""

""7. The Political Economy of Ecotourism: Pendjari National Park and Ecotourism Concentration in Northern Benin by PATRICK C. WEST, CRYSTAL L. FORTWANGLER, VALENTIN AGBO, MICHAEL SIMSIK, NESTOR SOKPON""""8. Privatizing Conservation by JEFFREY LANGHOLZ""; ""9. The Political Ecology of Bioprospecting in Amazonian Ecuador: History, Political Economy, and Knowledge by MICHAEL K. DORSEY""; ""Part II: Institutions, Organizations, and Participatory Processes: Conceptual Tools for Constructing Biodiversity Conservation with Social Justice""

""14. The Challenges and Rewards of Community-Based Coastal Resources Management: San Salvador Island, Philippines by PATRICK CHRISTIE, DELMA BUHAT, LEN R. GARCES, ALAN T. WHITE""""15. The Road Less Traveled: Toward Nature Protection with Social Justice by STEVEN R. BRECHIN, PETER R. WILSHUSEN, CRYSTAL L. FORTWANGLER, PATRICK C. WEST""; ""Works Cited""; ""List of Contributors""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-309) and index.

ISBN:

0-7914-8654-0

1-4175-3612-8

OCLC:

794701288