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Author:   Bram Büscher ,  Veronica Davidov (Leiden University College, the Netherlands)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Volume:   10
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.720kg
ISBN:  

9780415824897

ISBN 10:   0415824893
Pages:   284
Publication Date:   06 August 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Foreword Rosaleen Duffy 1. Introduction: The ecotourism-extraction nexus Veronica Davidov and Bram Büscher 2. Conceptualising Lived Experiences within the Political Economy of the Ecotourism-Extraction Nexus Bram Büscher and Veronica Davidov 3. Gems of Ankarana: The commodification and generification of Madagascar’s natural wonders Andrew Walsh 4. Horticulture in Harmony with Wildlife: The awkward marriage of ecotourism and industrial floriculture in Naivasha, Kenya Megan Styles 5. Between the Cattle and the Deep Blue Sea: The Janus face of the ecotourism-extraction nexus in Costa Rica Robert Fletcher 6. Mother Nature’s Best Kept Secret? Exploring the discursive terrain and lived experience of the ecotourism/extraction nexus in southern Belize James Stinson 7. Mining the Forest: Epical and novelesque boundaries along the Upper Bulolo River, Papua New Guinea Jamon Alex Halvaksz, II 8. Ecological Tourism and Elite Minerals in Karelia: The Veps' experience with extraction, commodification and circulation of natural resources Veronica Davidov 9. Crude Desires and ‘Green’ Initiatives: Indigenous development and oil extraction in Amazonian Ecuador Timothy J. Smith 10. 'Greening' Dispossession: Mining nature through ecotourism in the Dominican Southwest Luisa Rollins 11. Ecotourism and Extraction in Saami Lands: Contradictions and continuities Florence Revelin 12. Questions About Local Sovereignty in the Context of the Ecotourism-Extraction Nexus in Northwest Ecuador: Post-neoliberal vignettes from Intag-Manduriaco's cloud forests Linda D’Amico 13. ‘Ecotourism, not mining, in Palawan!’: Territorial narratives on the last frontier (Palawan, the Philippines) Elisabet Rasch 14. Conclusion Wolfram Dressler

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Bram Büscher is Associate Professor of Environment and Sustainable Development at the International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He is also Visiting Associate Professor of Environmental Management and Energy Studies at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Veronica Davidov is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Leiden University College, the Netherlands.

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