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Parks and Peoples: The Social Impact of Protected Areas
- Paige West, J. Igoe, D. Brockington
- Sociology
- 19 September 2006
This review examines the social, economic, and political effects of environmental conservation projects as they are manifested in protected areas. We pay special attention to people living in and… Expand
Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas
- W. Laurance, D. C. Useche, +213 authors Franky Zamzani
- Medicine
- Nature
- 13 September 2012
The rapid disruption of tropical forests probably imperils global biodiversity more than any other contemporary phenomenon. With deforestation advancing quickly, protected areas are increasingly… Expand
Translation, Value, and Space: Theorizing an Ethnographic and Engaged Environmental Anthropology
- Paige West
- Sociology
- 1 December 2005
In this article, I argue for placing the politics of translation and theories of value and spatial production at the center of environmental anthropology. For the past ten years, the Gimi-speaking… Expand
Ecotourism and Authenticity: Getting Away from It All?
- Paige West, J. Carrier
- Political Science
- 1 August 2004
Anthropologists have paid substantial attention to the environment and to tourism. However, they have paid less attention to their conjunction in ecotourism. This article focuses on Western… Expand
An anthropological perspective on some unexpected consequences of protected areas.
- Paige West, D. Brockington
- Political Science, Medicine
- Conservation biology : the journal of the Society…
- 1 June 2006
One of the remarkable transformations of the conservation community in recent years has been the proliferation of sociocultural anthropologists in and around protected areas and in conservation… Expand
Conservation Is Our Government Now: The Politics of Ecology in Papua New Guinea
- Paige West
- Geography
- 31 May 2006
A significant contribution to political ecology, Conservation Is Our Government Now is an ethnographic examination of the history and social effects of conservation and development efforts in Papua… Expand
Changing the intellectual climate
- N. Castree, W. Adams, +19 authors B. Wynne
- Sociology
- 27 August 2014
Calls for more broad-based, integrated, useful knowledge now abound in the world of global environmental change science. They evidence many scientists' desire to help humanity confront the momentous… Expand
Biocultural approaches to well-being and sustainability indicators across scales
- E. Sterling, C. Filardi, +41 authors S. Jupiter
- Medicine, Biology
- Nature Ecology & Evolution
- 23 October 2017
Monitoring and evaluation are central to ensuring that innovative, multi-scale, and interdisciplinary approaches to sustainability are effective. The development of relevant indicators for local… Expand
Seeing (and Doing) Conservation Through Cultural Lenses
- R. Peterson, D. Russell, Paige West, J. Brosius
- Sociology, Medicine
- Environmental management
- 2010
In this paper, we first discuss various vantage points gained through the authors’ experience of approaching conservation through a “cultural lens.” We then draw out more general concerns that many… Expand
Virtualism, governance and practice : vision and execution in environmental conservation
- J. Carrier, Paige West
- Geography
- 2009
List of Figures, Tables and Boxes Preface List of Abbreviations Introduction James G. Carrier and Paige West Chapter 1. Virtualism and the Logic of Environmentalism Vassos Argyrou Chapter 2. New… Expand
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