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Conservation Linking Ecology, Economics, and Culture

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ISBN-10: 0691049807

ISBN-13: 9780691049809

Edition: 2005

Authors: Monique Borgerhoff Mulder, Peter Coppolillo

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Nearly 90 percent of the earth's land surface is directly affected by human infrastructure and activities, yet less than 5 percent is legally "protected" for biodiversity conservation--and even most large protected areas have people living inside their boundaries. In all but a small fraction of the earth's land area, then, conservation and people must coexist.Conservationis a resource for all those who aim to reconcile biodiversity with human livelihoods. It traces the historical roots of modern conservation thought and practice, and explores current perspectives from evolutionary and community ecology, conservation biology, anthropology, political ecology, economics, and policy. The…    
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List price: $84.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 12/19/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 7.01" wide x 10.00" long x 0.81" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English

Preface
Commonly Used Abbreviations
The Many Roads to Conservation
Introduction
Principal Threats to Biodiversity
The Links between Health and Conservation
Much More Than Stocks of Wood
Ecophilosophies
Man versus Nature: From Hunters to Penitent Butchers
Then Resource Management
Leading to Game Management, Multiple Use, and Broader Conservation Goals
Early Environmentalists in the Colonies
Conclusion
The Evolution of Policy
Introduction
Global Conservation and Protected Areas
Ancient Royal Forests
The Limits and Legacies of Protectionism
Reserves: Their Comings and Goings in Peninsular Malaysia
Coercive Conservation: Tigers, Lions, Carrots, and Sticks
Conservation "with a Human Face"
The Evolution of Biosphere Reserves
Sustainability--Mere Hopes about the Future
The Ivory Wars: Debates over Utilization
The Rise of Community-Based Conservation
Integrated Conservation and Development in Action: Annapurna
Imperiled Parks
Conclusion
The Natural Science behind it All
Introduction
From Natural History Comes Ecology and its Golden Age
Stability and Equilibrium
Maximum Sustainable Yield
Things Get Messy: Disturbance and Disequilibrium
Stability, Pastoralism, and Opportunism
Adaptive Management
Ecological Sustainability: Still a Slippery Term
A Brave New Science: Conservation Biology
The Fire-Brigade Discipline Comes of Age
Conservation Planning
Prioritizing Conservation Efforts
Conclusion
Indigenous Peoples as Conservationists
Introduction
Cultural and Biological Diversity
Cultural and Biological Diversity in Central and Southern America
Guardians of Biodiversity
Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Adaptive Management
Sacred Groves
Ecological Impacts of Traditional Ways of Life
Rapa Nui (Easter Island) Extinctions
The Long Shadow of an Ecologically Noble Savage
Transitions in Ecological Noble Savage Thinking
The KayapoA' Controversy
Revisiting Cultural and Biological Diversity
Conclusion
Conservation and Self-Interest
Introduction
An Evolutionary Viewpoint
Design of a Conservation Act
Prudent Predators?
An Intention to Conserve
Family Hunting Territories in Subarctic Canada
Ecological Outcomes
Humans as Top Predators
Conservation--Where, When, and Why?
Selling the Forest for Instant Returns
Expanding the Toolkit
Studying Hunting with Hunters in Paraguay's Mbaracayu' Reserve
Policy Implications
Evolutionary Aesthetics and the "Savanna Hypothesis"
Conclusion
Rational Fools and the Commons
Introduction
The Rational Fool Fumbles the Common Good
Freedom in the Commons Brings Ruin to All
Commons Classics
Changes in the Management of the Kenya Orma Commons
The Cooperation Game
Experimental Games in Economics
Asymmetries among Herders: The Barabaig Case
Culture, Norms, and Cooperation
Coordinating the Subaks of Bali
The Study of Common-Property