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Author Fuentes-George, Kemi, author.

Title Between preservation and exploitation : transnational advocacy networks and conservation in developing countries / Kemi Fuentes-George
Published Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, [2016]
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Description 1 online resource (xl, 301 pages)
Series Politics, science, and the environment
Politics, science, and the environment.
Contents Introduction : Transnational Advocacy and Conservation in Developing Countries -- Jamaica and the Conservation of Globally Important Bird Habitats -- Tourism, Development, and the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef -- Mexico and Biodiversity in the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor -- Egypt and the Migratory Soaring Birds Project -- Institutions and Regime Design -- Conclusion : Grounding Global Conservation in Local Norms
Summary "In the late 2000s, ordinary citizens in Jamaica and Mexico demanded that government put a stop to lucrative but environmentally harmful economic development activities -- bauxite mining in Jamaica and large-scale tourism and overfishing on the eastern coast of the Yucatán Peninsula. In each case, the catalyst for the campaign was information gathered and disseminated by transnational advocacy networks (TANs) of researchers, academics, and activists. Both campaigns were successful despite opposition from industry supporters. Meanwhile, simultaneous campaigns to manage land in another part of the Yucatán and to conserve migratory birds in Egypt had far less success. Fuentes-George uses these four cases to analyze factors that determine the success or failure of efforts by TANs to persuade policymakers and private sector actors in developing countries to change environmental behavior."--Provided by publisher
Analysis ENVIRONMENT/General
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Convention on Biological Diversity (Organization)
SUBJECT Convention on Biological Diversity (Organization) fast
Subject Biodiversity conservation -- Government policy -- Developing countries
Biodiversity conservation -- International cooperation
Biodiversity conservation -- Government policy -- Jamaica
Biodiversity conservation -- Government policy -- Mexico
Biodiversity conservation -- Government policy -- Egypt
Non-governmental organizations.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
Biodiversity conservation -- Government policy
Biodiversity conservation -- International cooperation
Non-governmental organizations
Developing countries
Egypt
Jamaica
Mexico
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780262333924
0262333929
9780262333917
0262333910
9780262034289
026203428X
9780262528764
0262528762