Conservation refugees : the hundred-year conflict between global conservation and native peoples

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Conservation refugees : the hundred-year conflict between global conservation and native peoples / Mark Dowie.

Summary:

"Since 1900, more than 108,000 officially protected conservation areas have been established worldwide, largely at the urging of five international conservation organizations. About half of these areas were occupied or regularly used by indigenous peoples. Millions who had been living sustainably on their land for generations were displaced in the interests of conservation. In Conservation Refugees, Mark Dowie tells this story"--Page 2 of cover.

Record details

ISBN: 9780262012614
ISBN: 0262012618
Physical Description: xxix, 341 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2009.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-306) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Miwok -- "Nature" -- Maasai -- BINGO -- Forest people -- Exclusion -- Karen -- Natural capital and TEK -- Adivasi -- Disturbances -- Basarwa -- Fighting back -- Ogiek -- The science of princes -- Kayapo -- Fiasco -- Mursi -- First stewards -- Gabon : an irresistible opportunity.