People, plants, and justice : the politics of nature conservation / Charles Zerner, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Zerner, Charles.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental justice.

Natural resources--Management.

Natural resources.

Environmental management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (473 p.)

Other Title:

People, plants, & justice

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In an era of market triumphalism, this book probes the social and environmental consequences of market-linked nature conservation schemes. Rather than supporting a new anti-market orthodoxy, Charles Zerner and colleagues assert that there is no universal entity, ?the market." Analysis and remedies must be based on broader considerations of history, culture, and geography in order to establish meaningful and lasting changes in policy and practice.Original case studies from Asia, Latin America, Africa, and the South Pacific focus on topics as diverse as ecotourism, bioprospecting, o

Contents:

CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PART I: Across the Terrain; INTRODUCTION | Toward a Broader Vision of Justice and Nature Conservation: Charles Zerner; CHAPTER 1 | Contested Communities, Malignant Markets, and Gilded Governance: Justice, Resource Extraction, and Conservation in the Tropics: Michael J. Watts; CHAPTER 2 | Beyond Distributive Justice: Resource Extraction and Environmental Justice in the Tropics: Richard A. Schroeder; PART II: On Location: Case Studies; CHAPTER 3 | Justice for Whom? Contemporary Images of Amazonia: Candace Slater

CHAPTER 4 | Outrage in Rubber and Oil: Extractivism, Indigenous Peoples, and Justice in the Upper Amazon: Søren HvalkofCHAPTER 5 | Land, Justice, and the Politics of Conservation in Tanzania: Roderick P. Neumann; CHAPTER 6 | Rebellion, Representation, and Enfranchisement in the Forest Villages of Makacoulibantang, Eastern Senegal: Jesse C. Ribot; CHAPTER 7 | The Damar Agroforests of Krui, Indonesia: Justice for Forest Farmers: Geneviève Michon, Hubert de Foresta, Kusworo, and Patrice Levang

CHAPTER 8 | Tropical Forests Forever? A Contextual Ecology of Bentian Rattan Agroforestry Systems: Stephanie Gorson FriedCHAPTER 9 | Global Markets, Local Injustice in Southeast Asian Seas: The Live Fish Trade and Local Fishers in the Togean Islands of Sulawesi: Celia Lowe; CHAPTER 10 | Exploitation of Gaharu, and Forest Conservation Efforts in the Kayan Mentarang National Park, East Kalimantan, Indonesia: Frank Momberg, Rajindra Puri, and Timothy Jessup

CHAPTER 11 | The Meaning of the Manatee: An Examination of Community-Based Ecotourism Discourse and Practice in Gales Point, Belize: Jill M. BelskyCHAPTER 12 | Profits, Prunus, and the Prostate: International Trade in Tropical Bark: Anthony Balfour Cunningham and Michelle Cunningham; CHAPTER 13 | A Tale of Two Villages: Culture, Conservation, and Ecocolonialism in Samoa: Paul Alan Cox; CHAPTER 14 | One in Ten Thousand? The Cameroon Caseof Ancistrocladus korupensis: Sarah A. Laird, A. B. Cunningham, and Estherine Lisinge

CHAPTER 15 | The Fate of the Collections: Social Justice and the Annexation of Plant Genetic Resources: Bronwyn ParryREFERENCES; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 403-436) and index.

OCLC:

818858135