John Schelhas, Max J. Pfeffer

Saving Forests, Protecting People?

Environmental Conservation in Central America

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Globalization and the Environment
• Verlag: Altamira Press
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. März 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 482g
• ISBN-13: 9780759109476
• ISBN-10: 0759109478
• Artikelnr.: 31386826

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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