In this special issue on Disempowering Democracies, Susan Chomba focuses on the local institutions chosen as partners by a prominent United Nations’ Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation programme (REDD+) project in Kenya and the implications of this choice for local democracy.
In this special issue on Disempowering Democracies, Melis Ece, James Murombedzi and Jesse Ribot show how, though all major agencies intervening in community-based and carbon forestry – such as international development agencies, conservation institutions, and national governments – state that their interventions must engage local participation in decision making, forestry interventions conversely weaken local democracy.
In this special issue on Disempowering Democracies, Dan Brockington reviews the book Democracy in the Woods: Environmental Conservation and Social Justice in India, Tanzania, and Mexico (Studies in Comparative Energy and Environmental Politics) by Prakash Kashwan.
Alice B. Kelly Pennaz traces the complex history of the United States (US) Park Ranger through time to show how the Ranger as an outward embodiment of state power has been contradicted by administrative and practical logics directing rangers to educate, welcome, and guide park visitors.
The Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm signifies the first time that environmental issues were formally recognized on the global stage, and guidelines to address these problems were endorsed by 113 countries.
In this article, Jozef Keulartz, Henny van der Windt, and Jacques Swart examine the role of concepts of nature as communicative devices in public debates and political decision-making.
This article discusses the resonances between animal territoriality and geopolitical borders.
During the colonial period, human occupation of Brazil was sparse, fragmented, and uneven. The most significant transformations in rural and urban landscapes in Brazil began in the mid-twentieth century, as part of a broader process of social and economic transformation which brought urbanisation and industrialisation to Brazil.
Do we owe the world-famous Kruger National Park to the triumph of “good” conservationists over the forces of “evil” commercial exploitation? Environmental historian Jane Carruthers investigates.
Clapperton Mavhunga, Carson Fellow from July to December 2011, talks about his work on incoming technology and African innovation.
