Forest and labor in Madagascar [[electronic resource] ] : from colonial concession to global biosphere / / Genese Marie Sodikoff

• Autore: Sodikoff Genese Marie <1966->
• Pubblicazione: Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (270 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.75/1609691
• Soggetto topico: Forest conservation - Madagascar; Forest biodiversity conservation - Madagascar; Forests and forestry - Economic aspects - Madagascar; Rural poor - Madagascar
• Soggetto geografico: Madagascar Economic conditions
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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...
• Titolo autorizzato: Forest and labor in Madagascar
• ISBN: 1-282-13457-4; 9786613807151; 0-253-00584-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779224503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II