Natural Connections: Perspectives In Community-Based Conservation

David Western; Michael Wright

ISBN 10: 155963345X / ISBN 13: 9781559633451

Published by Island Press, 1994

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Book is in a good condition. Cover and outer extremities of leaves show wear from reading and storage. Inscribed by previous owner.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Natural Connections: Perspectives In Community-Based Conservation
• Publisher: Island Press
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 155963345X
• ISBN 13: 9781559633451
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Both realism and justice demand that efforts to conserve biological diversity address human needs as well. The most promising hope of accomplishing such a goal lies in locally based conservation efforts -- an approach that seeks ways to make local communities the beneficiaries and custodians of conservation efforts.Natural Connections focuses on rural societies and the conservation of biodiversity in rural areas. It represents the first systematic analysis of locally based efforts, and includes a comprehensive examination of cases from around the world where the community-based approach is used. The book provides: an overview of community-based conservation in the context of the debate over sustainable development, poverty, and environmental decline case studies from the developed and developing worlds -- Indonesia, Peru, Australia, Zimbabwe, Costa Rica, the United Kingdom -- that present detailed examples of the locally based approach to conservation a review of the principal issues arising from community-based programs an agenda for future action

About the Author

John Robinson is at Manchester Metropolitan University in the U.K.

Michael Hill worked in politics and government before establishing himself as an independent historical researcher. He was a co-producer for Ken Burns s "The Civil War" series for PBS, a coordinating producer for the "Baseball "series, and served as a historical consultant for the HBO production of David McCullough s "John Adams". He lives in Fredericksburg, Virginia.