Salvaging Nature: Indigenous Peoples, Protected Areas and Biodiversity Conservation.
by Marcus Colchester

Salvaging Nature was first published in 1994 as a discussion document of the
United Nations Research Institute for Social Development with the World Rainforest Movement and WorldWide Fund for Nature. This revised and expanded edition incorporates additional and more recent material.

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Contents:

Acknowledgements
1. Wilderness and Preservation
2. Indigenous Peoples and their rights
3. Protecting Biodiversity
4. The Social Impacts of Wilderness Preservation
5. The Politics of Parks
6. Society and Biodiversity
7. Parks for People: management alternatives
8. New Principles, New Practice?
9. From National Parks to Global Benefits: Conservation of the Global Commons
10. Conclusions
Bibliography

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