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Hottest of the Hotspots

Hottest of the Hotspots The Rise of Eco-Precarious Conservation Labor in Madagascar - Critical Green Engagements

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Continually recognized as one of the "hottest" of all the world's biodiversity hotspots, the island of Madagascar has become ground zero for the most intensive market-based conservation interventions on Earth.

This book details the rollout of market conservation programs, including the finding drugs from nature--or "bioprospecting"--biodiversity offsetting, and the selling of blue carbon credits from mangroves. It documents the tensions that exist at the local level, as many of these programs incorporate populations highly dependent on the same biodiversity now turned into global commodities for purposes of saving it. Proponents of market conservation mobilize groups of ecologically precarious workers, or the local "eco-precariat," who do the hidden work of collecting and counting species, monitoring and enforcing the vital biodiversity used in everything from drug discovery to carbon sequestration and large mining company offsets.

Providing a voice for those community workers many times left out of environmental policy discussions, this volume proposes critiques that aim to build better conservation interventions with perspectives of the local eco-precariat.

Book information

ISBN: 9780816542383
Publisher: The University of Arizona Press
Imprint: The University of Arizona Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 333.7209691
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 240
Weight: 272g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 23mm