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Conservation is our government now : the politics of ecology in Papua New Guinea / Paige West

By: West, PaigeContributor(s): West, PaigeMaterial type: Text

TextPublisher number: :International Book Distributors | :Flat No 17, Prakash Apartment 4405/2, 5 Ansari Road Darya Ganj New DelhiSeries: New ecologies for the twenty-first centuryPublication details: Durham : Duke University Press, 2006Description: xxx, 320 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cmISBN: 9780822337492Subject(s): Economics | Economics of land and energy | Gimi (Papua New Guinean people) -- Social conditions | Conservation of natural resources -- Papua New Guinea | Papua New Guinea -- Economic conditions | Ecology | Nature conservation | Gimi | Indigenous peoples -- Ecology -- Papua New Guinea | Papua New-GuineaDDC classification: 333.720 WES

Contents:

New Guinea-New York -- Making Crater Mountain -- Articulations, histories, development -- Conservation histories -- A land of pure possibility -- The practices of conservation-as-development -- Exchanging conservation for development.

Summary: This is an examination of the history and social effects of conservation and development efforts in Papua New Guinea. Drawing on extensive fieldwork, the book focuses on the Crater Mountain Wildlife Management Area - the site of a biodiversity conservation project implemented between 1994 and 1999.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	SNU LIBRARY	333.720 WES (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan		28031

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New Guinea-New York --
Making Crater Mountain --
Articulations, histories, development --
Conservation histories --
A land of pure possibility --
The practices of conservation-as-development --
Exchanging conservation for development.

This is an examination of the history and social effects of conservation and development efforts in Papua New Guinea. Drawing on extensive fieldwork, the book focuses on the Crater Mountain Wildlife Management Area - the site of a biodiversity conservation project implemented between 1994 and 1999.

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