Introduction: Capitalism and Conservation: The Production and
Reproduction of Biodiversity Conservation 1
Dan Brockington and Rosaleen Duffy
1 A Spectacular Eco-Tour around the Historic Bloc: Theorising
the Convergence of Biodiversity Conservation and Capitalist
Expansion 17
Jim Igoe, Katja Neves and Dan Brockington
2 The Devil is in the (Bio)diversity: Private Sector
“Engagement” and the Restructuring of Biodiversity Conservation
44
Kenneth Iain MacDonald
3 The Conservationist Mode of Production and Conservation NGOs
in sub-Saharan Africa 82
Dan Brockington and Katherine Scholfield
4 Shifting Environmental Governance in a Neoliberal World: US
AID for Conservation 108
Catherine Corson
5 Disconnected Nature: The Scaling Up of African Wildlife
Foundation and its Impacts on Biodiversity Conservation and Local
Livelihoods 135
Hassanali T. Sachedina
6 The Rich, the Powerful and the Endangered: Conservation
Elites, Networks and the Dominican Republic 156
George Holmes
7 Conservative Philanthropists, Royalty and Business Elites in
Nature Conservation in Southern Africa 179
Marja Spierenburg and Harry Wels
8 Protecting the Environment the Natural Way: Ethical
Consumption and Commodity Fetishism 203
James G. Carrier
9 Making the Market: Specialty Coffee, Generational Pitches, and
Papua New Guinea 221
Paige West
10 Cashing in on Cetourism: A Critical Ecological Engagement
with Dominant E-NGO Discourses on Whaling, Cetacean Conservation,
and Whale Watching 251
Katja Neves
11 Neoliberalising Nature? Elephant-Back Tourism in Thailand and
Botswana 274
Rosaleen Duffy and Lorraine Moore
12 The Receiving End of Reform: Everyday Responses to
Neoliberalisation in Southeastern Mexico 299
Peter R.Wilshusen
Index 332
Dan Brockington is a Senior Lecturer in the School ofEnvironment and Development at the University of Manchester. He isthe author of Fortress Conservation (2002), Celebrity andthe Environment. Fame, Wealth and Power in Conservation(2009) and, with Rosaleen Duffy and Jim Igoe, NatureUnbound: Conservation, Capitalism and the Future of ProtectedAreas (2008) . Rosaleen Duffy is Professor of International Politics atManchester University. She is author or co-author of several books,including Killing for Conservation (2000), A Trip TooFar: Politics, Ecotourism and Exploitation (2002), andNature Crime: How We re Getting Conservation Wrong(forthcoming, 2010).
This book is suitable for a range of audiences seeking amore in depth understanding of the pervasion of neoliberalism inconservation and the peripheral role of conservation toneoliberalism. It would be useful for politics, geography andtourism researchers while also being a potential pertinent resourcefor practitioners pursuing greater understanding of the processes.It is good value for money for these individuals. (Economic Geography Research Group, 2012)
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