Karen O'Brien

Sacrificing The Forest

Environmental And Social Struggle In Chiapas

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"The Selva Lacandona of Chiapas, Mexico, has received a tremendous amount of attention since the Zapatista uprising began in 1994. Concerns have focused on both the rapid rate of deforestation in Mexic"

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Dezember 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9780813338903
• ISBN-10: 0813338905
• Artikelnr.: 22308675

Autorenporträt

Karen L. O'Brien is a senior research fellow at the centre for International Climate and Environmental Research,Oslo (CICERO) in Norway.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
The Political Ecology of Deforestation
Reconfiguring the Selva Lacandona
Facilitating Access
Agricultural Changes and Continuities
Colonizing the Selva
Refugees and Rebels
Conservation Strategies
Sacrificing the Forest