Nature Crime - How We''re Getting Conservation Wrong

Klappentext In this impressively researched! alarming book! Rosaleen Duffy investigates the world of nature conservation! arguing that the West's attitude to endangered wildlife is shallow! self-contradictory! and ultimately very damaging. Analyzing the workings of the black-market wildlife industry! Duffy points out that illegal trading is often the direct result of Western consumer desires! from coltan for cellular phones to exotic meats sold in London street markets. She looks at the role of ecotourism! showing how Western travelers contribute--often unwittingly--to the destruction of natural environments. Most strikingly! she argues that the imperatives of Western-style conservation often result in serious injustice to local people! who are branded as "problems" and subject to severe restrictions on their way of life and even extrajudicial killings. Zusammenfassung Investigates the world of nature conservation! arguing that the West's attitude to endangered wildlife is shallow! self-contradictory and ultimately very damaging. The author points out that illegal trading is often the direct result of Western consumer desires! from coltan for cellular phones to exotic meats sold to Londoners.

Product details

• Authors: Rosaleen Duffy, Rosaleen (University of Manchester Duffy, Duffy Rosaleen
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.07.2010
• EAN: 9780300154344
• ISBN: 978-0-300-15434-4
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Consumer Behavior, Conservation of wildlife & habitats, Consumerism, Conservation of wildlife and habitats