Description: About this Item The item is a book Paperback The Author Name is Mark Dowie The Title is Conservation Refugees : The Hundred-Year Conflict between Global Conservation and Native Peoples Condition New Other Comments Pages Count - 372. Binding type - Perfect. Content Language - English Category - NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social Product Description - How native people-from the Miwoks of Yosemite to the Maasai of eastern Africa-have been displaced from their lands in the name of conservation. 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. This is a "good guy vs. good guy" story, Dowie writes the indigenous peoples' movement and conservation organizations have a vital common goal-to protect biological diversity-and could work effectively and powerfully together to protect the planet and preserve biological diversity. Yet for more than a hundred years, these two forces have been at odds. The result: thousands of unmanageable protected areas and native peoples reduced to poaching and trespassing on their ancestral lands or "assimilated" but permanently indentured on the lowest rungs of the money economy. Dowie begins with the story of Yosemite National Park, which by the turn of the twentieth century established a template for bitter encounters between native peoples and conservation. He then describes the experiences of other groups, ranging from the Ogiek and Maasai of eastern Africa and the Pygmies of Central Africa to the Karen of Thailand and the Adevasis of India. He also discusses such issues as differing definitions of "nature" and "wilderness," the influence of the "BINGOs" Big International NGOs, including the Worldwide Fund for Nature, Conservation International, and The Nature Conservancy, the need for Western scientists to respect and honor traditional lifeways, and the need for native peoples to blend their traditional knowledge with the knowledge of modern ecology. When conservationists and native peoples acknowledge the interdependence of biodiversity conservation and cultural survival, Dowie writes, they can together create a new and much more effective paradigm for conservation. We Use Stock Images Because we have over 2 million items for sale we have to use stock images, this listing does not include the actual image of the item for sale. The purchase of this specific item is made with the understanding that the image shown in this listing is a stock image and not the actual item for sale. For example: some of our stock images include stickers, labels, price tags, hyper stickers, obi's, promotional messages, signatures and or writing which may not be available in the actual item. When possible we will add details of the items we are selling to help buyers know what is included in the item for sale. The details are provided automatically from our central master database and can sometimes be wrong. Books are released in many editions and variations, such as standard edition, re-issue, not for sale, promotional, special edition, limited edition, and many other editions and versions. The Book you receive could be any of these editions or variations. If you are looking for a specific edition or version please contact us to verify what we are selling. Gift IdeasThis is a great Christmas gift idea. Hours of ServiceWe have many warehouses, some of the warehouses process orders seven days a week, but the Administration Support Staff are located at a head office location, outside of the warehouses, and typically work only Monday to Friday. Location ID 9000z iHaveit SKU ID 166472018
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Book Title: Conservation Refugees : the Hundred-Year Conflict between Global Conservation and Native Peoples
Number of Pages: 376 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication Year: 2011
Item Height: 1.1 in
Topic: Environmental Conservation & Protection, Indigenous Studies, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Public Policy / Environmental Policy
Genre: Nature, Political Science, Social Science
Item Weight: 17.9 Oz
Author: Mark Dowie
Item Length: 8.9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
