Abstract: Introduction: Capitalism and Conservation: The Production and Reproduction of Biodiversity Conservation 1 Dan Brockington and Rosaleen Duffy 1 A Spectacular Eco-Tour around the Historic Bloc: Theorising the Convergence of Biodiversity Conservation and Capitalist Expansion 17 Jim Igoe, Katja Neves and Dan Brockington 2 The Devil is in the (Bio)diversity: Private Sector Engagement and the Restructuring of Biodiversity Conservation 44 Kenneth Iain MacDonald 3 The Conservationist Mode of Production and Conservation NGOs in sub-Saharan Africa 82 Dan Brockington and Katherine Scholfield 4 Shifting Environmental Governance in a Neoliberal World: US AID for Conservation 108 Catherine Corson 5 Disconnected Nature: The Scaling Up of African Wildlife Foundation and its Impacts on Biodiversity Conservation and Local Livelihoods 135 Hassanali T. Sachedina 6 The Rich, the Powerful and the Endangered: Conservation Elites, Networks and the Dominican Republic 156 George Holmes 7 Conservative Philanthropists, Royalty and Business Elites in Nature Conservation in Southern Africa 179 Marja Spierenburg and Harry Wels 8 Protecting the Environment the Natural Way: Ethical Consumption and Commodity Fetishism 203 James G. Carrier 9 Making the Market: Specialty Coffee, Generational Pitches, and Papua New Guinea 221 Paige West 10 Cashing in on Cetourism: A Critical Ecological Engagement with Dominant E-NGO Discourses on Whaling, Cetacean Conservation, and Whale Watching 251 Katja Neves 11 Neoliberalising Nature? Elephant-Back Tourism in Thailand and Botswana 274 Rosaleen Duffy and Lorraine Moore 12 The Receiving End of Reform: Everyday Responses to Neoliberalisation in Southeastern Mexico 299 Peter R.Wilshusen Index 332
Publication Year: 2011
Publication Date: 2011-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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