✍ Scribed by Cristina Baldauf
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It has long been claimed that addressing biodiversity loss and other environmental problems demands a better understanding of the social dimensions of conservation; nevertheless, the active participation of indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLCs) in conservation initiatives is still a challenging and somehow controversial issue. In this context, this book hopes to give voice to other perspectives related to biodiversity conservation beyond the “fortress conservation” model and emphasize one of the pillars of democracy – popular participation. It covers a wide range of environments and issues of special significance to the topic, such as the expansion of culturally constructed niches, protected areas and food security, community-based management, participatory agroforestry, productive restoration and biocultural conservation. The contents also explore the limitations and shortcomings of participatory practices in protected areas, the relationship between the global crisis of democracy and the decline of biocultural diversity, as well as present current discussions on policy frameworks and governance systems for effective participatory biodiversity conservation. In sum, this book provides a comprehensive and realistic perspective on the social dimensions of conservation based on a series of interrelated themes in participatory biodiversity conservation. The connections between biocultural conservation and the current political and economic environment are highlighted through the chapters and the book closes with a debate on ways to reconcile human welfare, environmental justice and biodiversity conservation.
Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
Reflections on Democracy and the Participation of Society in Biodiversity Conservation (Cristina Baldauf)....Pages 3-14
Multiple Perspectives on Biodiversity Conservation: From Concept to Heated Debate (Cristina Baldauf, Vitor de Oliveira Lunardi)....Pages 15-32
Front Matter ....Pages 33-33
Domesticated Nature: The Culturally Constructed Niche of Humanity (Charles R. Clement, Carolina Levis, Juliano Franco-Moraes, André Braga Junqueira)....Pages 35-51
Protected Areas and Food Security: Unravelling the Issues (Winy Vasquez, Terry Sunderland)....Pages 53-68
Challenges for Rural Livelihoods, Participatory Agroforestry, and Biodiversity Conservation in a Neotropical Biosphere Reserve in Mexico (Luis García-Barrios, Juana Cruz-Morales, Marco Braasch, Yanus Dechnik-Vázquez, Alonso Gutiérrez-Navarro, Amayrani Meza-Jiménez et al.)....Pages 69-89
Macroalgae Mariculture as a Social and Environmental Alternative for Coastal Traditional Communities of the Semi-Arid Region of Northeast Brazil (Ivanilson de Souza Maia, Dárlio Inácio Alves Teixeira, Vigínia Maria Cavalari Henriques, Maulori Curié Cabral)....Pages 91-98
Community-Based Management of Amazonian Biodiversity Assets (João Vitor Campos-Silva, Joseph E. Hawes, Carolina T. Freitas, Paulo C. M. Andrade, Carlos A. Peres)....Pages 99-111
Productive Restoration as a Tool for Socioecological Landscape Conservation: The Case of “La Montaña” in Guerrero, Mexico (Eliane Ceccon)....Pages 113-128
People and Nature Conservation: Participatory Praxis in the Planning and Management of Natural Protected Areas (L. A. Bermejo, J. R. Lobillo, C. Molina)....Pages 129-149
The Role of Local Perceptions in Environmental Diagnosis (Taline Cristina da Silva, Juliana Loureiro de Almeida Campus, Regina Célia da Silva Oliveira)....Pages 151-163
Participation in Biocultural Diversity Conservation: Insights from Five Amazonian Examples (Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares, Petra Benyei, André B. Junqueira, Victoria Reyes-García)....Pages 165-183
Avoiding Deforestation and the Environmentalism of the Poor (Jesús García Latorre)....Pages 185-209
Front Matter ....Pages 211-211
Prospects for Participatory Biodiversity Conservation in the Contemporary Crisis of Democracy (Cristina Baldauf)....Pages 213-231
Back Matter ....Pages 233-237
Life Sciences; Community & Population Ecology; Conservation Biology/Ecology; Applied Ecology; Biodiversity
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