Displacement resulting from the establishment and enforcement of protected areas has
troubled relationships between conservationists and rural groups in many parts of the world …

Pastoralist societies face more threats to their way of life now than at any previous time.
Population growth; loss of herding lands to private farms, ranches, game parks, and urban …

This contemporary introduction to the principles and research base of cultural ecology is the
ideal textbook for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate courses that deal with …

Pastoralist societies in East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda) face more demands on their
way of life than at any previous time. Population growth, loss of herding lands to farmers …

Abstract Community Based Conservation (CBC) has become the catch–all solution to the
social and ecological problems plaguing traditional top–down, protectionist conservation …

▪ Abstract Conservation programs for protected areas and plant genetic resources have
evolved in similar ways, beginning with a focus on single species and expanding to …

Fragmentation of the ecosystems of the earth into spatially isolated units has emerged as a
primary component of global change. Often, fragmentation results from actions that are …

Elephants have fascinated humans for millennia. Aristotle wrote of them with awe; Hannibal
used them in warfare; and John Donne called the elephant “Nature's greatest masterpiece …

" Sustainable development" currently has a firm grip on the lexicon of development agencies
from the World Bank to small nongovernmental organizations, but it offers little practical …

Maasai pastoralists in Kenya are rapidly diversifying. Maasai may now derive their main
livelihoods (and sometimes considerable income) from farming, wildlife tourism, and/or the …