"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.
political ecology
"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.
Tending the Emperor’s Garden: Modes of Human-Nature Relations in the Cosmology of the Sateré-Mawé Indians of the Lower Amazon
This article considers how the cosmology of the Sateré-Mawé, an indigenous tribe located in the Brazilian Amazon, interacts with the pressures of the modern era.
Towards a Political Ecology of Scale in High Mountains
This article looks at how the ongoing processes of border-making are experienced and negotiated by the ethnic minorities who live in the Himalayan mountain peripheries.
Earth First! 1, no. 8
In issue eight of Earth First! human civilization is criticized harshly.
Earth First! 1, no. 7
In issue seven of Earth First! a basic philosophy is presented to unify the extreme right and the extreme left.
Earth First! 1, no. 6
In issue six of Earth First! the editors invite to participate in wilderness studies and present activity methods.