Tag: Conservation

Free Download Capitalism and Conservation By Dan Brockington, Rosaleen Duffy (eds.)
2011 | 343 Pages | ISBN: 144433834X | PDF | 3 MB
Through a series of case studies from around the world, Capitalism and Conservation presents a critique of conservation’s role as a central driver of global capitalism. Features innovative new research on case studies on the connections between capitalism and conservation drawn from all over the world Examines some of our most popular leisure pursuits and consumption habits to uncover the ways they drive and deepen global capitalism Reveals the increase in intensity and variety of forms of capitalist conservation throughout the world Content: Chapter 1 A Spectacular Eco?Tour around the Historic Bloc: Theorising the Convergence of Biodiversity Conservation and Capitalist Expansion (pages 17-43): Jim Igoe, Katja Neves and Dan BrockingtonChapter 2 The Devil is in the (Bio)diversity: Private Sector "Engagement" and the Restructuring of Biodiversity Conservation (pages 44-81): Kenneth Iain MacdonaldChapter 3 The Conservationist Mode of Production and Conservation NGOs in sub?Saharan Africa (pages 82-107): Dan Brockington and Katherine ScholfieldChapter 4 Shifting Environmental Governance in a Neoliberal World: US AID for Conservation (pages 108-134): Catherine CorsonChapter 5 Disconnected Nature: The Scaling Up of African Wildlife Foundation and its Impacts on Biodiversity Conservation and Local Livelihoods (pages 135-155): Hassanali T. SachedinaChapter 6 The Rich, the Powerful and the Endangered: Conservation Elites, Networks and the Dominican Republic (pages 156-178): George HolmesChapter 7 Conservative Philanthropists, Royalty and Business Elites in Nature Conservation in Southern Africa (pages 179-202): Marja Spierenburg and Harry WelsChapter 8 Protecting the Environment the Natural Way: Ethical Consumption and Commodity Fetishism (pages 203-220): James G. CarrierChapter 9 Making the Market: Specialty Coffee, Generational Pitches, and Papua New Guinea (pages 221-250): Paige WestChapter 10 Cashing in on Cetourism: A Critical Ecological Engagement with Dominant E?NGO Discourses on Whaling, Cetacean Conservation, and Whale Watching (pages 251-273): Katja NevesChapter 11 Neoliberalising Nature? Elephant?Back Tourism in Thailand and Botswana (pages 274-298): Rosaleen Duffy and Lorraine MooreChapter 12 The Receiving End of Reform: Everyday Responses to Neoliberalisation in Southeastern Mexico (pages 299-331): Peter R. Wilshusen

Free Download Biodiversity: Exploring Values and Priorities in Conservation By Dan L. Perlman, Glenn Adelson(auth.)
1997 | 197 Pages | ISBN: 086542439X | PDF | 15 MB
Biodiversity has become a buzzword in the environmental movement and in science, and is increasingly being taught in university degree courses. This new text is designed as a primer, giving non-specialists an introduction to the historical context, current debates, and ongoing research in this subject. Content: Chapter 1 Legacies (pages 1-17): Chapter 2 Conceptual Problems with Biodiversity (pages 18-36): Chapter 3 The Role of Values (pages 37-51): Chapter 4 Diversity (pages 52-66): Chapter 5 Mapping the Patterns of Biodiversity (pages 67-101): Chapter 6 Ambiguities (pages 102-124): Chapter 7 Inventories (pages 125-138): Chapter 8 Articulating Goals and Setting Priorities (pages 139-154): Chapter 9 Future Directions (pages 155-169):

Free Download Kirsten Silvius, Richard Bodmer, José Fragoso, "People in Nature: Wildlife Conservation in South and Central America"
English | 2004 | pages: 481 | ISBN: 0231127839, 0231127820 | PDF | 3,3 mb
This book reviews wildlife management and conservation in Central and South America. The book discusses the threats to biodiversity in this area including habitat fragmentation, development, ranching, tourism as well as hunting. The book contains contributions from many local Latin American authors who work there daily and are exposed to the numerous and unique issues that need to be taken into account when talking about conservation in Central and South America.

Free Download Kurkpatrick Dorsey, "The Dawn of Conservation Diplomacy: U.S.-Canadian Wildlife Protection Treaties in the Progressive Era"
English | 1998 | ISBN: 0295990031, 0295976764 | EPUB | pages: 351 | 4.3 mb
In the first decades of the twentieth century, fish in the Great Lakes and Puget Sound, seals in the North Pacific, and birds across North America faced a common threat: over harvesting that threatened extinction for many species. Progressive era conservationists saw a need for government intervention to protect threatened animals. And because so many species migrated across international political boundaries, their protectors saw the necessity of international conservation agreements. In The Dawn of Conservation Diplomacy, Kurkpatrick Dorsey examines the first three comprehensive wildlife conservation treaties in history, all between the United States and Canada: the Inland Fisheries Treaty of 1908, the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911, and the Migratory Bird Treaty of 1916.

Free Download Marine Resource Conservation and Poverty Reduction Strategies in Tanzania By Dr. Jennifer K. Sesabo (auth.)
2007 | 136 Pages | ISBN: 3540699414 | PDF | 4 MB
Despite the social, nutritional, economical and environmental importance of Tanzanian coastal areas, yet they are vulnerable to both over-exploitation and degradation of their habitats. Using the data from two coastal villages and econometric methods as well as Stochastic Production Frontier techniques, the book demonstrates the extent which various socio-economic dimensions of rural coastal households influence livelihood pathways, production efficiency and attitudes towards conservation initiatives. Thus, attention to differential patterns of rural coastal households presents more viable possibilities for coastal villages to have conservation-development policies/programs that lead to poverty reduction.

Free Download John Stubbs, "Architectural Conservation in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands: National Experiences and Practice"
English | ISBN: 0367654431 | 2023 | 592 pages | PDF | 249 MB
The fourth in a series that documents architectural conservation in different parts of the world, Architectural Conservation in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands: National Experiences and Practice addresses cultural heritage protection in a region which comprises one third of the Earth’s surface.

Free Download Hugh Warwick, "Cull of the Wild: Killing in the Name of Conservation"
English | ISBN: 1399403745 | 2024 | 304 pages | PDF | 12 MB
Investigating the ethical and practical challenges of one of the greatest threats to biodiversity: invasive species.

Free Download Gregory M. Thaler, "Saving a Rainforest and Losing the World: Conservation and Displacement in the Global Tropics "
English | ISBN: 0300272480 | 2024 | 312 pages | PDF | 3 MB
An unflinching investigation of the false promises of land sparing, exposing how its illusory successes mask the failures of green capitalism

Free Download Vinayak Bharne, "Routledge Companion to Global Heritage Conservation"
English | ISBN: 1138962988 | 2019 | 514 pages | PDF | 47 MB
The act of identifying, protecting, restoring, and reusing buildings, districts, and built landscapes of historic and cultural significance is, at its best, a reflective and consequential process of urban and socio-economic reform. It has the potential to reconcile conflicting memories, meanings, and cultural tensions, bridging and expanding the perceived boundaries of multiple disciplines towards bigger aspirations of city-making and social justice.

Free Download Biased Technical Change and Economic Conservation Laws By Ryuzo Sato (auth.)
2006 | 230 Pages | ISBN: 0387260552 | PDF | 2 MB
The principal aim of BIASED TECHNICAL CHANGE AND ECONOMIC CONSERVATION LAWS is twofold: to reveal the new economic significance of the old concept of biased technical change and the current application of the new concept of economic conservation laws.Although terms such as "labor saving" and "capital saving" fall under the category of biased technical change, the first of these topics, no model exists in which biased technical change gives rise endogenously to technical progress. A special feature of this book is its thorough investigation and analysis of these issues, which go far beyond existing studies in this area.The concept of economic conservation laws dates back to Ramsey’s classic study of 1928. This book primarily makes use of Lie groups to shed new light on the analysis of economic conservation laws. Economic conservation laws are not simply abstract concepts; this book shows that they are tools of empirical analysis that can be applied to such topics as analyses of macro performance and corporate efficiency.