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Duffy Rosaleen |
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Nature crime : how we're getting conservation wrong / / Rosaleen Duffy |
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New Haven, CT : , : Yale University Press, , [2010] |
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©2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-57159-4 |
9786613601193 |
0-300-15435-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (288 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Nature conservation - Social aspects |
Nature conservation - Political aspects |
Wild animal trade |
Human ecology |
Environmental responsibility |
Nature - Effect of human beings on |
Endangered species |
Ecotourism |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Illustrations -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter One. The International Wildlife Trade -- Chapter Two. Global Action, Local Costs -- Chapter Three. Wildlife Wars: Poaching and Anti-Poaching -- Chapter Four. Rhino Horn, Ivory and the Trade Ban Controversy -- Chapter Five. Guerrillas to Gorillas: Blood Diamonds and Coltan -- Chapter Six. Tourist Saviours -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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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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