In 'Reclaiming Nature', leading environmental thinkers from
across the globe explore the relationship between human activities
and the natural world. The authors draw inspiration and lessons
from diverse experiences ranging from community-based fishery and
forestry management to innovative strategies for combating global
warming. They advance a compelling new vision of environmentalism,
founded on the link between the struggle to reclaim nature and the
struggle for social justice. This book advances three core
propositions: first, humans can and do have positive as well as
negative effects on the natural environment. By restoring degraded
ecosystems and engaging in co-evolutionary processes, people can
add value to nature's wealth. Second, every person has an
inalienable right to clean air, clean water, and a healthy
environment. These are not privileges to be awarded on the basis of
political power, nor commodities to be allocated on the basis of
purchasing power -- they are fundamental human rights. Third,
low-income communities are not the root of the problem. Rather they
are the heart of the solution. In cities and the countryside across
the world, ordinary people are forging a vibrant new
environmentalism that is rooted in the defense of their lives and
livelihoods.
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