Natural Connections: Perspectives In Community-Based Conservation [Paperback]

David Western (Editor), Michael Wright (Editor), Jonathan Otto (Contributor), Charles Zerner (Contributor), John Robinson (Contributor), Richard Donovan (Contributor), Owen Lynch (Contributor), Marianne Lavelle (Contributor), R. Villarreal (Contributor), Nick Salafsky (Contributor), Janice Alcorn (Contributor), Frances Seymour (Contributor), Chuck Kleyneyer (Contributor), Mary Pearl (Contributor), Richard Bodmer (Contributor), Kent Elbow (Contributor), Kenneth Sayre (Contributor), Daniel Bromley (Contributor), Don Tuzin (Contributor), Mark Poffenberger (Contributor), Scott McCreary (Contributor), Michael Hill (Contributor)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 1994

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

Product Details

• Paperback: 600 pages
• Publisher: Island Press; 1st edition (December 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1559633468
• ISBN-13: 978-1559633468
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.9 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,593,987 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Must read!!, March 28, 2001

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This review is from: Natural Connections: Perspectives In Community-Based Conservation (Paperback)

This book is the most complete and intelligent essay I have seen for the past 10 years of work with wildlife conservation and management. Should I have read before, it would have given me more insight in my career. This book is the result of an enormous work load done by scientists, politicians and anthropologists very well compiled in 400 pages.