Contested Nature: Promoting International Biodiversity and Social Justice in the Twenty-First Century
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| Rating | : | 4.47 (976 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0791457761 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 340 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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How can the international conservation movement protect biological diversity, while at the same time safeguarding the rights and fulfilling the needs of people, particularly the poor? Contested Nature argues that to be successful in the long-term, social justice and biological conservation must go hand in hand. Although this political complexity is recognized by practitioners, it rarely enters into the problem analyses that inform conservation policy. The protection of nature is a complex social enterprise, and much more a process of politics, and of human organization, than ecology. Structured around conceptual chapters and supporting case studies that examine the politics of conservation in specific contexts, the book shows that pursuing social justice enhances biodiversity conservation rather than diminishing it, and that the fate of local peoples and that of conservation are completely intertwined.
".Contested Nature opens new vistas on how social justice can be furthered through the establishment and management of protected areas while still meeting critical nature conservation objectives."
Brechin is Professor of Sociology at Syracuse University. Wilshusen is Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at Bucknell University.. He is the coauthor (with Patrick C. West) of Resident Peoples and National Parks: Social Dilemmas and Strategies in International Conservation.Peter R. Wilshusen is Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at Bucknell University.Peter R. Steven
A Guide to Successful Biodiversity Conservation This book came to my attention and interest after reading John Terbough's fine book "Requiem for Nature". I was interested in a book that offered solutions and insights into the problems of biodiversity protection that Terbough had described in his book.Enough time has passed from some of the early efforts in protection of nature reserves in the tropics that an assessment of success can be made and an analysis of problems. This book was exactly what I was looking for as it makes the holistic assessment and analysis of parks and reser