"Biodiversity as the Source of Biological Resources"
Paul M. Wood discusses biodiversity as the source of biological resources.
political ecology
"Environmental Economics, Ecological Economics and the Concept of Sustainable Development"
Giuseppe Munda presents a systematic discussion, mainly for non-economists, on economic approaches to the concept of sustainable development.
"Science and Society in Historical Perspective: Implications for Social Theories of Risk"
Maurie J. Cohen undertakes a comparative analysis of how national context has differently shaped science as a public epistemology.
"The Songlines of Risk"
Sheila Jasanoff reflects on the role of science in promoting convergent perceptions of risk across disparate political cultures.
Grove-White, Robin, "Afterword: On 'Sound Science', the Environment, and Political Authority"
Robin Grove-White writes an afterword on this special issue of Environmental Values.
"A Political-Ecology Approach to Wildlife Conservation in Kenya"
John S. Akama, Christopher L. Lant, and G. Wesley Burnett use a political-ecological framework in the analysis of the social factors of wildlife conservation in Kenya.
"Humans Valuing Nature: Synthesising Insights from Philosophy, Psychology and Economics"
Michael Lockwood synthesizes insights from philosophy, psychology, and economics towards an understanding of how humans value nature.
The Edges of Environmental History: Honouring Jane Carruthers
About this issue
This volume of RCC Perspectives, featuring artwork by Australian artist Mandy Martin, is a tribute to the wonderful career of Jane Carruthers.
Content
Playing the Matrix: The Fate of Biocultural Diversity in Community Governance and Management of Protected Areas
This article assesses the merits of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Protected Areas Matrix, and asks whether we are destroying endogenous processes that generate biocultural diversity in our quest to conserve it.
Imagining Indians and Revisiting Reclamation Debates
This article examines how activists on both sides of the debate about the construction of dams along the Colorado River used images of Native Americans to argue their position.