"The White Men Bought the Forests": Conservation and Contestation in Guinea-Bissau, Western Africa

"The White Men Bought the Forests": Conservation and Contestation in Guinea-Bissau, Western Africa

Both fortress and community-based approaches to conservation have shown poor (sometimes negative) results in terms of environmental protection and poverty reduction. Either approach can also trigger grassroots resistance. This article is centered on an allegedly ′community-based′ conservation and de...

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Main Author: Marina Padrão Temudo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
Series:Conservation & Society
Subjects:
Conservation approaches
parks
power relations
resistance and compliance
Guinea-Bissau
western Africa
Online Access:http://www.conservationandsociety.org/article.asp?issn=0972-4923;year=2012;volume=10;issue=4;spage=354;epage=366;aulast=Temudo

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http://www.conservationandsociety.org/article.asp?issn=0972-4923;year=2012;volume=10;issue=4;spage=354;epage=366;aulast=Temudo

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