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Author Martin, Pamela, 1971-

Title Oil in the soil : the politics of paying to preserve the Amazon / Pamela L. Martin
Published Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 147 pages)
Contents Acknowledgments; Acronyms; Chapter 1. Saving Yasuní and the Planet: Toward a Global Politics of the Good Life; Chapter 2. Global Politics from the Canopy; Chapter 3. History in Black, Green, and Red; Chapter 4. Pay to Preserve: The Yasuní-ITT Trust Fund; Chapter 5. Behind the Scenes: Agents, Norms, and Structure in the Quest to Save Yasuní; Chapter 6. The Future of Global Governance in the Amazon: The Yasuní Effect; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
Summary Paradise may have been found in the Western Amazon, but it is on the brink of destruction. Oil in the Soil analyzes the campaign to save the Ishpingo-Tambococha-Tiputini (ITT) block of Yasuní National Park in Ecuador's Amazon and the global networksthat have resulted in one of the world's most innovative plans to save the Amazon and other biodiverse places on our planet. Pamela L. Martin examines the path-breaking global environmental governance mechanisms that have resulted from the transnationalnetworks of the Yasuní-ITT campaign and their implications for replication around the world. The a
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-138) and index
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Subject Environmental policy -- Ecuador -- Parque Nacional Yasuní
Environmental protection -- Ecuador -- Parque Nacional Yasuní
Environmental degradation -- Ecuador -- Parque Nacional Yasuní
Petroleum industry and trade -- Environmental aspects -- Ecuador -- Parque Nacional Yasuní
NATURE -- Natural Resources.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Green Business.
Ecology
Environmental degradation
Environmental policy
Environmental protection
Petroleum industry and trade -- Environmental aspects
SUBJECT Parque Nacional Yasuní (Ecuador) -- Environmental conditions
Subject Ecuador -- Parque Nacional Yasuní
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021679565
ISBN 9781442211308
144221130X
9781442211308
1283145847
9781283145848
9786613145840
661314584X