Conservation Integrating Social and Ecological Justice

This book provides keys to decrypt current political debates on the environment in light of the theories that support them, and provides tools to better understand and manage environmental conflicts and promote environmentally friendly behaviour. As we work towards global sustainability at a time wh...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Kopnina, Helen (Editor), Washington, Haydn (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2020, 2020
Edition:1st ed. 2020
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Society and environment: Social science perspectives
  • 1. 1. The Anthropocene and its implications for people and environment
  • 2. Challenging cultural relativism and deconstructing dichotomies: ‘Wilderness’ or wilderness
  • 3. Ethical approaches to conservation: Debates and ideologies
  • 4. Conservation as practice: Definitions and debates. Part II: Integrating social and ecological domains
  • 5. Traditional Environmental Knowledge (TEK) and industrialization
  • 6. Environmental behaviour: theory and practice
  • 7. Integrating social and ecological justice
  • 8. People in parks, parks for people and people for parks
  • Part III: Conservation: Biology and ecology perspectives
  • 9. The science of survival and extinction
  • 10. Compassionate conservation
  • 11. Protected areas: Fortress conservation vs. community based conservation debate
  • 12. Rewilding