Hottest of the hotspots : the rise of eco-precarious conservation labor in Madagascar / Benjamin Neimark.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Neimark, Benjamin, 1972- author.

Series:

Critical green engagements

Critical green engagements: investigating the green economy and its alternatives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biodiversity conservation--Economic aspects--Madagascar.

Biodiversity conservation.

Nature conservation--Economic aspects--Madagascar.

Nature conservation.

Biopiracy--Madagascar.

Biopiracy.

Biodiversity conservation--Economic aspects.

Nature conservation--Economic aspects.

Madagascar.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations.

Other Title:

Path to Open

Place of Publication:

Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 2023.

Summary:

"Continually recognized as one of the "hottest" of all the world's biodiversity hotspots, the island of Madagascar has become ground zero for the most intensive market-based conservation interventions on Earth. This book is about the roll out of market conservation programs, including finding drugs from nature, or bioprospecting, biodiversity offsetting, and selling of blue carbon credits from mangroves. It documents the tensions that exist at the local level as many of these programs incorporate populations highly dependent on the same biodiversity now turned into global commodities for purposes of saving it"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Title from online title page (viewed on January 12, 2023).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Neimark, Benjamin, 1972- Hottest of the hotspots

ISBN:

9780816551965

0816551960

OCLC:

1382692892

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.