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Green Encounters : Shaping and Contesting Environmentalism in Rural Costa Rica.
Since the 1970s and 1980s, Monte Verde, Costa Rica has emerged as one of the most renowned sites of nature conservation and ecotourism in Costa Rica, and some would argue, Latin America. It has received substantial attention in literature and media on tropical conservation, sustainable development,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Berghahn Books,
2011.
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| Colección: | Studies in environmental anthropology and ethnobiology.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Green Encounters; Contents; Figures; Abbreviations; Preface and Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: Encounters in a Tropical Cloud Forest; Part One: Monte Verde's Visibility; 2. Monte Verde's Agricultural Environment; 3. Uneven Terrain: The Practice and Politics of "Saving" Monte Verde; Part Two: Landscapes and Lives: Environmentalism's "Social Work"; 4. Testing the Boundaries of Environmentalism in a Participatory Age; 5. Dismembering San Gerardo: A Cautionary Tale of "Sustainable Development."
- 6. Contesting "Community" in a Community Conservation Project: The Fight for the Reserva Santa ElenaPart Three: Monte Verde and the Adolescence of Ecotourism; 7. Quetzals and Other(ing) Spectacles of Tropical Nature; 8. Conclusion: Environmentalism at a Crossroads; Bibliography; Index.