Culture, conservation, and biodiversity : the social dimension of linking local level development and conservation through protected areas

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    • Furze, Brian
    • De Lacy, Terry
    • Birckhead, Jim

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Culture, conservation, and biodiversity : the social dimension of linking local level development and conservation through protected areas

Brian Furze, Terry De Lacy, and Jim Birckhead, with Philip Tracey and Gabrielle Wiltshire ; foreword by Jeffrey A. McNeely

John Wiley, 1996

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-261) and index

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Description

Whereas in the past national parks and other protected areas have excluded development, they are now concentrating on facilitating ecological sustainable development within their boundaries and surrounding areas. This volume makes use of comparative case studies to show sustainable development activities within the national parks and reserves of Asia, the Americas, Africa, Europe and Australia. The linking of development and biodiversity conservation requires the understanding and use of social science concepts, methods, techniques and ethics. The book describes and discusses these and illustrates their use in the field in such areas as ecotourism. The authors show how understanding social science can provide a framework for linking the complexities of local level development to the global economic, ecological, cultural and political frameworks.

Table of Contents

  • Local Development, Biodiversity Conservation and Protection Areas: Frameworks for Understanding Conservation and Development Through Protected Areas
  • Social Science Understanding Principles and Processes
  • Using Knowledge from the Social Sciences
  • Issues in Linking Development and Conservation through Protected Areas: Rural Development
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • Ecotourism
  • Models of Management: Biosphere Reserves.

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