Green Encounters: Shaping and Contesting Environmentalism in Rural Costa Rica

by Luis A. Vivanco

Book Overview

Since the 1970s and 1980s, Monte Verde, Costa Rica has emerged as one of the most renowned sites of nature conservation and ecotourism in Costa Rica, and some would argue, Latin America. It has received substantial attention in literature and media on tropical conservation, sustainable development, and tourism. Yet most of that analysis has uncritically evaluated the Monte Verde phenomenon, using celebratory language and barely scratching the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845455045
• ISBN13: 9781845455040
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"