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Author_Karen O'Brien
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Bank’s Global Environmental Facility
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Biosphere Reserve
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Cattle Ranching
Colonial Administration
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conservation policy analysis
De Comillas
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Humid Tropical Environment
indigenous land rights
Karen L. O'Brien
lacandona
land use change
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Las Margaritas
Lowland Rain Forest
MAB
MAB Program
margaritas
Mexico Guatemala Border
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Montes Azules
Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve
Political Ecology
Political Ecology Approach
political ecology deforestation Chiapas
reserve
rural livelihoods
satellite imagery research
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Selva Lacandona
Socioeconomic Development
Terrain Shadows
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Tropical Cedar
Tropical Deforestation
Tropical Forests
Usumacinta River
World Bank's Global Environmental
World Bank’s Global Environmental
Zapatista Uprising
Product details
- ISBN 9780367317843
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 19 Aug 2019
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The Selva Lacandona of Chiapas, Mexico has received a tremendous amount of attention since the Zapatista uprising began in 1994. Concerns have focused on both the rapid rate of deforestation in Mexico's largest tropical rain forest and the social marginalization of its inhabitants, which is considered to be a root cause of the uprising. In this book, Karen O'Brien presents an insightful analysis of how deforestation and social struggles are related in this region and then considers the implications of these links for the remaining forest.A critical analysis of deforestation rates and patterns in the Selva Lacandona region provides the point of departure for this study. Using satellite imagery and her own field work, O'Brien presents an original estimate of forest loss. She then uses an approach derived from political ecology to trace the links between social processes and deforestation. Instead of focusing exclusively on the driving forces of deforestation, she argues that an analysis of the countervailing forces of conservation efforts is crucial to understanding the configuration of the present-day forest and the conflicts that surround it. Unless these forces can be fused, O'Brien contends, the future of the Selva Lacandona will continue to be shaped by the tensions among social, economic, and environmental objectives.A valuable tool for scholars of deforestation, environmental change, and political ecology, Sacrificing the Forest will also be of interest to readers trying to understand the current situation in Chiapas.
Karen L. O'Brien is a senior research fellow at the centre for International Climate and Environmental Research,Oslo (CICERO) in Norway.
