Contested Nature : Promoting International Biodiversity with Social Justice in the Twenty-First Century.

Intro -- CONTESTED NATURE -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Contested Nature: Conservation and Development at the Turn of the Twenty-first Century by PETER R. WILSHUSEN, STEVEN R. BRECHIN, CRYSTAL L. FORTWANGLER, PATRICK C. WEST -- Part I: Politics, Power, and Social Justice in Biodiversity Conservation -- 2. The Winding Road: Incorporating Social Justice and Human Rights into Protected Area Policies by CRYSTAL L. FORTWANGLER -- 3. Exploring the Political Contours of Conservation: A Conceptual View of Power in Practice by PETER R. WILSHUSEN -- 4. Wandering Boundaries and Illegal Residents: The Political Ecology of Protected Area Deforestation in South Sumatra Indonesia from 1979 to 1992 by STEVEN R. BRECHIN -- 5. Territory, Nature, and Culture: Negotiating the Boundaries of Biodiversity Conservation in Colombia's Pacific Coastal Region by PETER R. WILSHUSEN -- 6. Unmasking the "Local": Gender, Community, and the Politics of Community-Based Rural Ecotourism in Belize by JILL M. BELSKY -- 7. The Political Economy of Ecotourism: Pendjari National Park and Ecotourism Concentration in Northern Benin by PATRICK C. WEST, CRYSTAL L. FORTWANGLER, VALENTIN AGBO, MICHAEL SIMSIK, NESTOR SOKPON -- 8. Privatizing Conservation by JEFFREY LANGHOLZ -- 9. The Political Ecology of Bioprospecting in Amazonian Ecuador: History, Political Economy, and Knowledge by MICHAEL K. DORSEY -- Part II: Institutions, Organizations, and Participatory Processes: Conceptual Tools for Constructing Biodiversity Conservation with Social Justice -- 10. Crafting Conservation Globally and Locally: Complex Organizations and Governance Regimes by STEVEN R. BRECHIN, PETER R. WILSHUSEN, CHARLES E. BENJAMIN -- 11. The Regional Approach in Northern Madagascar: Moving Beyond Integrated Conservation and Development by LISA L. GEZON.

12. Scaling Up from the Grassroots: NGO Networks and the Challenges of Organizational Maintenance in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula by PETER R. WILSHUSEN, RAÚL E. MURGUÍA -- 13. Your Park, My Poverty: Using Impact Assessment to Counter the Displacement Effects of Environmental Greenlining by CHARLES GEISLER -- 14. The Challenges and Rewards of Community-Based Coastal Resources Management: San Salvador Island, Philippines by PATRICK CHRISTIE, DELMA BUHAT, LEN R. GARCES, ALAN T. WHITE -- 15. The Road Less Traveled: Toward Nature Protection with Social Justice by STEVEN R. BRECHIN, PETER R. WILSHUSEN, CRYSTAL L. FORTWANGLER, PATRICK C. WEST -- Works Cited -- List of Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Contends that effective biological conservation and social justice must go hand in hand.

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