Del i serien Globalization and the Environment

Saving Forests, Protecting People?

Environmental Conservation in Central America

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

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Tropical forest conservation is attracting widespread public interest and helping to shape the ways in which environmental scientists and other groups approach global environmental issues. Schelhas and Pfeffer show that globally-driven forest conservation efforts have had different results in different places, ranging from violent protest to the discovery of common ground among conservation programs and the various interests of local peoples. The authors examine the connections between local values, material needs, and environmental management regimes. Saving Forests, Protecting People? explores that difficult terrain where culture, the environment, and social policies meet.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2009-03-16
Mått155 x 230 x 21 mm
Vikt522 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieGlobalization and the Environment
Antal sidor330
FörlagAltaMira Press
ISBN9780759109476

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What happens when global concerns about conserving forests and wildlife run up against the reality that people rely on those resources to make a living? Schelhas and Pfeffer examine how rural communities in Costa Rica and Honduras think about forests and conservation—and they find that global discourses about the environment have reached the farthest corners of the earth, though local people reinterpret them to meet their needs. Saving Forests, Protecting People? brings these processes sharply into focus, which is essential if we are to find realistic solutions to the problems of conservation.