03090nam 2200661 a 450 991077922450332120230802005409.01-282-13457-497866138071510-253-00584-1(CKB)2550000000105948(EBL)816851(OCoLC)806032993(SSID)ssj0000737445(PQKBManifestationID)12367037(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000737445(PQKBWorkID)10784257(PQKB)11315762(MiAaPQ)EBC816851(OCoLC)857953809(MdBmJHUP)muse18218(Au-PeEL)EBL816851(CaPaEBR)ebr10582983(CaONFJC)MIL380715(EXLCZ)99255000000010594820120308d2012 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrForest and labor in Madagascar[electronic resource] from colonial concession to global biosphere /Genese Marie SodikoffBloomington Indiana University Pressc20121 online resource (270 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-253-00577-9 0-253-00309-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Geographies of borrowed time -- Overland on foot, aloft: an anatomy of the social structure -- Land and languor: on what makes good work -- Toward a new nature: rank and value in conservation bureaucracy -- Contracting space: making deals in a global hot spot -- How the dead matter: the production of heritage -- Cooked rice wages: internal contradiction and subjective experience -- Epilogue: workers of the vanishing world.Protecting the unique plants and animals that live on Madagascar while fueling economic growth has been a priority for the Malagasy state, international donors, and conservation NGOs since the late 1980's. Forest and Labor in Madagascar shows how poor rural workers who must make a living from the forest balance their needs with the desire of the state to earn foreign revenue from ecotourism and forest-based enterprises. Genese Marie Sodikoff examines how the appreciation and protection of Madagascar's biodiversity depend on manual labor. She exposes the moral dilemmas workers face as both...Forest conservationMadagascarForest biodiversity conservationMadagascarForests and forestryEconomic aspectsMadagascarRural poorMadagascarMadagascarEconomic conditionsForest conservationForest biodiversity conservationForests and forestryEconomic aspectsRural poor333.75/1609691Sodikoff Genese Marie1966-1522940MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779224503321Forest and labor in Madagascar3762931UNINA