Hottest of the hotspots : the rise of eco-precarious conservation labor in Madagascar /
"Continually recognized as one of the "hottest" of all the world's biodiversity hotspots, the island of Madagascar has become ground zero for the most intensive market-based conservation interventions on Earth. This book is about the roll out of market conservation programs, incl...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Tucson :
University of Arizona Press,
2023.
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| Series: | Critical green engagements.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | "Continually recognized as one of the "hottest" of all the world's biodiversity hotspots, the island of Madagascar has become ground zero for the most intensive market-based conservation interventions on Earth. This book is about the roll out of market conservation programs, including finding drugs from nature, or bioprospecting, biodiversity offsetting, and selling of blue carbon credits from mangroves. It documents the tensions that exist at the local level as many of these programs incorporate populations highly dependent on the same biodiversity now turned into global commodities for purposes of saving it"-- |
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| Item Description: | JSTOR Path to Open |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780816551965 0816551960 |
