Title Culture and Conservation : Beyond Anthropocentrism

Published Florence : Taylor and Francis, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (259 pages) Series Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies Routledge explorations in environmental studies. Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of boxes; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Culture and conservation: the issues; Definitions: conservation, environmentalism, anthropocentrism, ecocentrism, and industrocentrism; Critiquing conservation; Linking environmental ethics and conservation; Introducing the chapters; 1 Exploring human-nature dualism and the history of the environment in anthropology; Introduction; Human-nature dualism and conservation; The question of proximity between humans and nonhuman species The relationship between nature and culture in anthropology: a brief historySumming it up: balance and flux; 2 The social construction of nature; Introduction; The social construction of nature; Constructivism, conservation, and anthropology; The repercussions of constructivism; Resilience and the reality of nature; Summing it up: the danger of constructivism; 3 Mainstream conservation and alternative environmentalism; Introduction; Mainstream conservation: critiques and capabilities; Alternative environmentalism: stigmas and sacrifices; Summing it up: conservation and its critics 4 Communities and conservationIntroduction; Peoples and parks; Community-based conservation; The efficacy of protected areas versus community-based models of conservation; Summing it up: conservation on a case-by-case basis; 5 Debates over incentive-based conservation programmes; Introduction; Ethnographic evidence for cultural and ecological sustainability; Swidden farming and traditional agriculture today; PES (Payments for Ecosystems Services); REDD; Summing it up: the pros and cons of incentive-based conservation; 6 Environmental ethics and rights for human and nonhuman species IntroductionEnvironmental ethics; Deep and shallow ecology; Environmental ethics and animal rights; Ethnobotany, bioethics, and plants; Summing it up: ethics, anthropocentrism, and ecocentrism; 7 Environmental justice and democratic legitimacy; Introduction; Environmental justice; Democratic legitimacy and conservation; Truly democratic conservation and human advocates for nature; Summing it up: justice for all; 8 Sustaining the unsustainable: debates over development, population, and consumption; Introduction; Sustainable development; The causes of unsustainability The question of population and consumptionBut how do we solve these problems?; Summing it up: sustainability and anthropology; 9 Education for environment's sake; Introduction; Environmental education and education for sustainable development; Alternative ways of learning; Integrating environmental education into anthropological methodology; Summing it up: anthropology, ethics, and environmental education; 10 Attempting reconciliation and moving forward; Culture and conservation: summing it up; Responding to conservation critics; Alternatives for anthropologists Notes Attempting reconciliation and moving forward Print version record Subject Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Cross-cultural studies Human ecology -- Cross-cultural studies Conservation of natural resources -- Social aspects -- Cross-cultural studies Environmental ethics -- Cross-cultural studies Environmental justice -- Cross-cultural studies Conservation of natural resources -- Social aspects Environmental ethics Environmental justice Human ecology Nature -- Effect of human beings on Genre/Form Cross-cultural studies Form Electronic book Author Kopnina, Helen ISBN 9781315858630 1315858630

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