The authors delve into the social reasons behind illegal turtle egg harvesting in the La Flor Wildlife Refuge in Nicaragua, based on a survey conducted among 180 households living in Ostional, the largest village in the vicinity of the Refuge.
The authors provide an overview of the scientific and traditional knowledge that the Zaira community, located in the Solomon Islands, uses to underpin their community-based management regime of Leatherback Sea Turtles. This highlights the important role local communities play in the conservation of iconic species.
Victoria Gonzalez Carman and Maria Carman focus on the interaction between a fishing community and a group of conservation experts in Brazil. They find that although fishers classify species according to their capacity to be exploited as a resource, they may also be willing to become strategic conservationists by negotiating with conservation experts to protect some of these species.
In Earth First! Journal 22, no. 3 George Sexton recommends not to buy the Northwest Forest pass, Cat Hemlock reflects on the UK’s new Terrorism Bill, and john johnson reports on neoliberalism in the American South.
In this issue of Earth First! Journal, Teri Shore discusses how the shrimp industry affects turtles in Texas. In addition, Rod Coronado expresses his opinions on how to live like the Coyote Nation, Steve Hannon and Richard Ingebretsen discuss how to restore Glen Canyon, and Gary Macfarlane gives an update on the draft environmental impact statement (DEIS).
