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Oil in the soil : the politics of paying to preserve the Amazon / Pamela L. Martin.

Title
Oil in the soil : the politics of paying to preserve the Amazon / Pamela L. Martin.
Author
Martin, Pamela, 1971-
Publication
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., c2011.

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xiv, 147 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
Summary
Paradise may have been found in the Western Amazon, but it is on the brink of destruction. Oil in the Soil analyzes the campaign to save the Ishpingo-Tambococha-Tiputini (ITT) block of Yasuní National Park in Ecuador's Amazon and the global networks that have resulted in one of the world's most innovative plans to save the Amazon and other biodiverse places on our planet. Pamela L. Martin examines the path-breaking global environmental governance mechanisms that have resulted from the transnational networks of the Yasuní-ITT campaign and their implications for replication around the world. The analysis of these networks reveals new dynamics of mobilization from the South, which may impact the future of global environmental negotiations. Martin also examines the alternative norms behind the initiative in the words of governmental and non-governmental actors. Such normative changes demonstrate the global struggles of the resource-dependent poor and provide insights toward new pathways of sustainable development for the planet.
Subject
  • Environmental degradation > Parque Nacional Yasuni
  • Environmental policy > Parque Nacional Yasuni
  • Environmental protection > Parque Nacional Yasuni
  • Parque Nacional Yasuni (Ecuador) > Environmental conditions
  • Petroleum industry and trade > Environmental aspects > Parque Nacional Yasuni
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Saving Yasuní and the planet : toward a global politics of the good life -- Global politics from the canopy -- History in Black, green, and red -- Pay to preserve : the Yasuní ITT trust fund -- Behind the scenes : agents, norms, and structure in the quest to save Yasuní -- The future of global governance in the Amazon : the Yasuní effect.
ISBN
  • 9781442211285 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 1442211288 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9781442211308 (electronic)
  • 144221130X (electronic)
LCCN
^^2011010688
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Harvard Library