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Nature Crime - How We're Getting Conservation Wrong (Hardcover)
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Nature Crime - How We're Getting Conservation Wrong (Hardcover)
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In this impressively researched, alarming book, Rosaleen Duffy
investigates the world of nature conservation, arguing that the
West's attitude to endangered wildlife is shallow,
self-contradictory, and ultimately very damaging. Analyzing the
workings of the black-market wildlife industry, Duffy points out
that illegal trading is often the direct result of Western consumer
desires, from coltan for cellular phones to exotic meats sold in
London street markets. She looks at the role of ecotourism, showing
how Western travelers contribute--often unwittingly--to the
destruction of natural environments. Most strikingly, she argues
that the imperatives of Western-style conservation often result in
serious injustice to local people, who are branded as "problems"
and subject to severe restrictions on their way of life and even
extrajudicial killings.
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