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1 online resource (xv, 151 pages) |
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The development and management of protected tropical areas: the need for a code of ethics to guide collaborative research in Africa. A case study from the République démocratique du Congo / Léonard Mubalama -- Considerations on a code of ethics for conservation biologists / Marie-Hélène Parizeau -- The scientific community and the indigenous Embéra community of Panama / Rogelio Cansarí -- Cultural lenses and conservation biology: collaboration in tropical countries / Priscilla Weeks, Jane Packard, and Mirella Martinez-Velarde -- Conservation in action: assessing the behaviour of national and international researches working in Madagascar / Lala H. Rokotavao, R. Rokotoariseheno, and Chantale Andrianarivo -- Conservation biology and environmental values: can there be a universal earth ethic? / Bryan G. Norton -- The notion of effectiveness: lessons from the field of international development / Georgina Wigley and Heather Baser -- Conservation that makes dollars and sense: the RARE Center for Tropical Conservation Work in the Caribbean / Paul Butler and Victor Alleyne Regis -- Conclusion: blending universal and local ethics: accountability towards nature, perfect strangers, and society / Anil K. Gupta [and others] |
| Summary |
Catherine Potvin, Margaret Kraenzel, and Gilles Seutin asked scientists from developing countries to summarize their experiences of international collaboration and to suggest attitudes and practices that would lead to more fruitful exchanges with northern scientists. They also asked scholars to provide an analytical framework in which these issues could be discussed and to identify possible solutions to questions such as: What are the responsibilities of first world scientists involved in conservation actions in developing countries? How can biologists work toward the protection of biodiversity while being respectful of the human desire for a better future? The resulting papers analyse specific situations encountered in countries such as Democratic Republic of Congo, Madagascar, India, and Panama and discuss the philosophical basis for environmental research. They also examine the work of two institutions whose projects in developing countries have been particularly effective through outreach and attention to local values and needs and who propose a pluralistic view of conservation biology ethics. Protecting Biological Diversity seeks to encourage students and professionals involved in conservation projects to adopt culturally sensitive attitudes that will lead to greater effectiveness and efficiency in conservation and greater respect for the differences of others. Contributors include H Baser (Canadian International Development Agency, Ottawa), P. Butler (Rare Centre for Tropical Conservation, Saint Lucia), R. Cansari (McGill University), A.K. Gupta (Indian Institute of Management, India), M. Martinez-Velarde (Universidad Santa Maria la Antigua, Panama), L. Mubalama (Institut congolais pour la conservation de la nature, Zaire), B.J Norton (School of Public Policy, Atlanta), L. Packard (Texas A&M University), M.H. Parizeau (Université Laval), L.H. Rakotovao (Centre national de recherche en environnement, Madagascar), V. Regis (Rare Centre for Tropical Conservation (Saint Lucia), P. Weeks (The Environmental Institute of Houston), and G. Wigley (Ottawa) |
| Notes |
Papers originally presented at a symposium held during the IUCN World Conservation Congress, Montréal, Quebec, 13-23 Oct. 1996 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Biodiversity conservation -- Developing countries -- Congresses
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Biodiversity conservation -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Developing countries -- Congresses
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NATURE -- Animals -- Wildlife.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biological Diversity.
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SCIENCE -- Environmental Science.
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Biodiversity conservation
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Biodiversity conservation -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Biodiversiteit.
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Natuurbeheer.
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Developing countries
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Seutin, Gilles, 1961- editor.
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Potvin, Catherine Jeanne, 1957- editor.
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Kraenzel, Margaret, editor.
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World Conservation Congress (1st : 1996 : Montréal, Québec)
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| ISBN |
9780773569027 |
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0773569022 |
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