Social Change and Conservation

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Protected areas and conservation policies are usually established with only local nature and wildlife in mind. Yet they can have far-reaching consequences for local populations - often harmful ones, undermining their access to resources and their livelihoods. This is the first fully comprehensive discussion of the social consequences of protected area schemes and conservation policies. Drawing on case studies from North America, Europe, Asia, Central America and Africa, it critically reviews current trends in protected area management and the prevailing concept of conservation, and shows how local people have been affected - their customary rights, livelihoods, well-being and social cohesion. Lack of local participation, of respect for local rights, and too much emphasis on market forces, has usually meant the failure to provide for human concerns and wellbeing. The leading authorities in this book - including Marcus Colchester, Piers Blaikie, Michel Pimbert and Jules Pretty - argue for a thorough overhaul of current conservation thinking and practice.

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Krishna Ghimire is a project leader at the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development. Michel Pimbert is a Director of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF Switzerland). Table of Contents Social change and conservation, K. Ghimire and M. Pimbert Biodiversity and human welfare, P. Blaikie and S. Jeanrenaud National parks and protected area management in Germany and Costa Rica, J. Bruggerman Salvaging nature - indigenous peoples and protected areas, M. Colchester Women, forest products and protected areas in West Bengal, C. Dey Local development and parks in France, A. Finger-Stich and K. Ghimire Conservation and social development - panda reserves in China, K. Ghimire Ecotourism and rural reconstruction in South Africa, E. Koch Management of wildlife, tourism and local communities in Zimbawe, C. McIvor Protected areas, conservationists and aboriginal interests in Canada, J. Morrison Parks, people and professionals - putting "participation" into protected areas management, M. Pimbert and J. Pretty