Fortress Conservation - The Preservation of the Mkomazi Game Reserve, Tanzania (Paperback)

Challenges the myth of an African wilderness, and the conflict between conservation policies and the livelihoods of rural people. Many conservationists insist that conservation that ignores local costs cannot be sustained. For if conservation is greeted with hostility locally then guards and patrols will simply not prevail against determined, and more numerous, rural opponents. This is welcome thinking. It is vital to recognise the problems that conservation policies can pose, and it makes sense strategically to build local alliances. But this thinking also risks overstating thepower of rural groups, and under-estimating the power of the state. It also fails to realise how some conservation visions can become powerful, and the role of international finance and sponsorship in imposing injustice. FortressConservation is a detailed look at a dark underbelly of international wildlife conservation. By exploring one, now famous case of 'successful' conservation, the Mkomazi Game Reserve in Tanzania, it shows how complex and messy thehistory of conservation initiatives can be, how uncertain the ecological theories underpinning particular policies, and how problematic the social consequences. But it also shows how little all of this matters when the fund-raising machines that sustain these fortresses kick in. Published in association with the International African Institute North America: Indiana U Press

General

Imprint:	James Currey
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	African Issues
Release date:	May 2002
First published:	2002
Authors:	Dan Brockington
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	192
ISBN-13:	978-0-85255-417-3
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmentalist thought & ideology Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Management of land & natural resources Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Conservation of the environment > Conservation of wildlife & habitats > General
LSN:	0-85255-417-6
Barcode:	9780852554173

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