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Informationen zum Autor Dan Brockington is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Environment and Development at the University of Manchester. He is the author of Fortress Conservation (2002), Celebrity and the Environment. Fame, Wealth and Power in Conservation (2009) and, with Rosaleen Duffy and Jim Igoe, Nature Unbound: Conservation, Capitalism and the Future of Protected Areas (2008) . Rosaleen Duffy is Professor of International Politics at Manchester University. She is author or co-author of several books, including Killing for Conservation (2000), A Trip Too Far: Politics, Ecotourism and Exploitation (2002), and Nature Crime: How We're Getting Conservation Wrong (forthcoming, 2010). Klappentext Many popular leisure pursuits and consumption habits drive and deepen global capitalism - from whale watching in the Azores to sipping an ethically-sourced cup of morning coffee. But what are the consequences for society, nature, and conservation? Capitalism and Conservation presents an important critique of conservation's role as a central driver of global capitalism. This thought-provoking collection of case studies from around the world vividly demonstrates the increase in intensity and variety of forms of capitalist conservation. They also reveal a surprising shift in the conservation movement's own conception of these practices: their current mainstream view is the idea that capitalism can and should help conservation save the world. By examining the works of various corporate billionaires, powerful political coalitions and foundations, international elites and NGOs, and new tourist and business opportunities, the essays show that conservation and capitalism have intertwined to distribute fortune and misfortune in many new ways - with entirely new dynamics of profit creation and marginalisation. Capitalism and Conservation offers illuminating insights and critique of the realities and tensions of capitalism and conservation's coexistence in today's world. Zusammenfassung Through a series of case studies from around the world! Capitalism and Conservation presents a critique of conservation s role as a central driver of global capitalism. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Capitalism and Conservation: The Production and Reproduction of Biodiversity Conservation 1 Dan Brockington and Rosaleen Duffy 1 A Spectacular Eco-Tour around the Historic Bloc: Theorising the Convergence of Biodiversity Conservation and Capitalist Expansion 17 Jim Igoe, Katja Neves and Dan Brockington 2 The Devil is in the (Bio)diversity: Private Sector "Engagement" and the Restructuring of Biodiversity Conservation 44 Kenneth Iain MacDonald 3 The Conservationist Mode of Production and Conservation NGOs in sub-Saharan Africa 82 Dan Brockington and Katherine Scholfield 4 Shifting Environmental Governance in a Neoliberal World: US AID for Conservation 108 Catherine Corson 5 Disconnected Nature: The Scaling Up of African Wildlife Foundation and its Impacts on Biodiversity Conservation and Local Livelihoods 135 Hassanali T. Sachedina 6 The Rich, the Powerful and the Endangered: Conservation Elites, Networks and the Dominican Republic 156 George Holmes 7 Conservative Philanthropists, Royalty and Business Elites in Nature Conservation in Southern Africa 179 Marja Spierenburg and Harry Wels 8 Protecting the Environment the Natural Way: Ethical Consumption and Commodity Fetishism 203 James G. Carrier 9 Making the Market: Specialty Coffee, Generational Pitches, and Papua New Guinea 221 Paige West 10 Cashing in on Cetourism: A Critical Ecological Engagement with Dominant E-NGO Discourses on Whaling, Cetacean Conservation, and Whale Watching 251
