Conservation Is Our Government Now: The Politics of Ecology in Papua New Guinea

by Paige West

Book Overview

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 New Guinea. Drawing on extensive fieldwork conducted over a period of seven years, Paige West focuses on the Crater Mountain Wildlife Management Area, the site of a biodiversity conservation project implemented between 1994 and 1999. She describes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822337495
• ISBN13: 9780822337492
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.1"