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Author Büscher, Bram, 1977- author.

Title Transforming the frontier : peace parks and the politics of neoliberal conservation in southern Africa / Bram Büscher
Published Durham : Duke University Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 290 pages) : maps
Contents Introduction: frontiers of conservation -- Forging (trans)frontier spaces -- Neoliberal amplifications -- Compressing reality -- Divergent interpretations -- Processing politics -- Images of an intervention -- Neoliberal alignments
Summary An argument that ""peace parks, "" transnational conservation areas established and managed by two or more countries, are driven by neoliberal approaches to conservation that are often deleterious to local inhabitants and the surrounding environment
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Transfrontier conservation areas -- Africa, Southern
Biodiversity conservation -- Africa, Southern
Ecotourism -- Africa, Southern
Neoliberalism -- Africa, Southern
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Sustainable Development.
NATURE -- Environmental Conservation & Protection.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
Biodiversity conservation
Ecotourism
Neoliberalism
Transfrontier conservation areas
Agriculture.
Earth & Environmental Sciences.
Agriculture - General.
Politisk økologi.
Naturvern.
Nyliberalisme.
Southern Africa
Sør-Afrika (Område)
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2013003133
ISBN 9780822399087
0822399083
1299604994
9781299604995