Saving Forests, Protecting People? - Environmental Conservation in Central America

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung By examining the connections among local values! material needs! and environmental management regimes! Saving Forests! Protecting People? explores that difficult terrain where culture! the environment! and social policies meet. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction: Parks and protected areas in the process of environmental globalization Study Sites Diverse cultural models to manage competing interests in natural resource use in Costa Rica Forest conservation! park management! and value change in Honduras Conclusion: Situating environmental values in a globalizing world Appendices 1-5

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Max J. Pfeffer, John Schelhas, John/ Pfeffer Schelhas
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.11.2007
• EAN: 9780759109469
• ISBN: 978-0-7591-0946-9
• Pagine: 310
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Serie: Globalization and the Environm; Globalization and the Environment
• Categorie: Saggistica > Natura, tecnica > Natura: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Ecologia