Community Conservation, Inequality and Injustice: Myths of Power in Protected Area Management

dc.contributor.authorBrockington, Danen_US
dc.coverage.countryTanzaniaen_US
dc.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-31T14:55:59Z
dc.date.available2009-07-31T14:55:59Z
dc.date.issued2004en_US
dc.date.submitted2007-08-22en_US
dc.date.submitted2007-08-22en_US
dc.description.abstract"The principle of local support states that protected areas cannot survive without the support of their neighbours. It is the dominant motif of much writing about community conservation and the integration of conservation with development. However, we should be skeptical of it for several reasons. First, it implies that the weak can defeat the agendas of the strong. Second, the principle ignores that fact that inequality and injustice tend to be perpetrated about he globe. It is not existence of poverty or injustice that will cause problems for conservation, but their distribution within society. Third, a detailed case study from the Mkomazi Game Reserve in Tanzania shows how conservation can flourish despite local opposition. Advocates of community conservation need to pay more attention to fortress conservation's strength's and especially its powerful myths and representations. Understanding how inequality and conservation are successfully perpetuated will make it easier to understand the politics of more participatory community conservation projects."en_US
dc.identifier.citationjournalConservation and Societyen_US
dc.identifier.citationmonthJulyen_US
dc.identifier.citationnumber2en_US
dc.identifier.citationvolume2en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10535/2989
dc.subjectprotected areasen_US
dc.subjectpoweren_US
dc.subjectconservationen_US
dc.subjectcommunity participationen_US
dc.subjectwildlifeen_US
dc.subject.sectorWildlifeen_US
dc.subject.sectorForestryen_US
dc.submitter.emailefcastle@indiana.eduen_US
dc.titleCommunity Conservation, Inequality and Injustice: Myths of Power in Protected Area Managementen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.type.publishedpublisheden_US

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