Saving Forests, Protecting People?

Environmental Conservation in Central America

AvJohn Schelhas,Max J. Pfeffer

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

Del i serien Globalization and the Environment

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Beskrivning

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

Utgivningsdatum:2009-03-16
Mått:155 x 230 x 21 mm
Vikt:522 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Globalization and the Environment
Antal sidor:330
Förlag:AltaMira Press
ISBN:9780759109476

Utforska kategorier

Miljövetenskap och miljöpolitik inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Mer om författaren

John Schelhas is research forester with the Southern Research Station of the USDA Forest Service stationed at Tuskegee University in Alabama. Max J. Pfeffer is International Professor of Development Sociology and chair of the Department of Development Sociology at Cornell University.

Recensioner i media

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.

Innehållsförteckning

PrefaceIntroduction: Parks and protected areas in the process of environmental globalizationStudy SitesDiverse cultural models to manage competing interests in natural resource use in Costa RicaForest conservation, park management, and value change in HondurasConclusion: Situating environmental values in a globalizing worldAppendices 1-5