Research Catalog

Title

Social change and conservation : environmental politics and impacts of national parks and protected areas / edited by Krishna B. Ghimire and Michel P. Pimbert.

Publication

London : Earthscan Publications, 1997.

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Additional Authors

• Ghimire, K. B. (Kléber Bertrand)
• Pimbert, Michel P.
• United Nations Research Institute for Social Development.

Description

viii, 342 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Alternative Title

• Environmental politics and impacts of national parks and protected areas
• Social change & conservation

Subjects

• Conservation of natural resources > Social aspects
• Social change
• National parks and reserves > Social aspects
• Nature conservation > Social aspects

Note

• "Published in association with UNRISD"--P. [4] of cover.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Social change and conservation: an overview of issues and concepts / Krishna B. Ghimire and Michel P. Pimbert -- Biodiversity and human welfare / Piers Blaikie and Sally Jeanrenaud -- National parks and protected area management in Costa Rica and Germany: a comparative analysis / Jen Brüggemann -- Salvaging nature: indigenous peoples and protected areas / Marcus Colchester -- Women, forest products and protected areas: a case study of Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary, West Bengal, India / Chandana Dey -- Local development and parks in France / Andréa Finger-Stich and Krishna B. Ghimire -- Conservation and social development: an assessment of Wolong and other panda reserves in China / Krishna B. Ghimire -- Ecotourism and rural reconstruction in South Africa: reality or rhetoric? / Eddie Koch -- Management of wildlife, tourism and local communities in Zimbabwe / Chris McIvor -- Protected areas, conservationists and aboriginal interests in Canada / James Morrison -- Parks, people and professionals: putting "participation" into protected area management / Michel P. Pimbert and Jules N. Pretty.

ISBN

• 1853834157
• 1853834106 (pbk.)

OCLC

ocm37222930

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries