Saving a Rainforest and Losing the World - Conservation and Displacement in the Global Tropics

An unflinching investigation of the false promises of land sparing, exposing how its illusory successes mask the failures of green capitalism

About the author

Gregory M. Thaler is assistant professor in the Department of International Affairs at the University of Georgia. His research examines the political ecology and political economy of development, global environmental governance, and agrarian politics. He lives in Atlanta, GA.

Product details

• Authors: Gregory M Thaler, Gregory M. Thaler
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2024
• EAN: 9780300272482
• ISBN: 978-0-300-27248-2
• No. of pages: 312
• Series: Yale Agrarian Studies Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Environmental Economics, NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Forests & Rainforests, Environmental Economics, Conservation of the environment, Earth Sciences, The Earth: natural history: general interest, Forests and woodland