Ecocolonialism and indigenous-controlled rainforest preserves in Samoa

AMBIO

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 84-89

  Cox, Paul Alan ^a   Elmqvist, Thomas ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Swedish Biodiversity Centre   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT; ECOCOLONIALISM; FOREST CONSERVATION; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; PROTECTED AREA; RAINFOREST;

SAMOA, WESTERN SAMOA;

EID: 0030620692     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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21. We thank Fa'asao Savai'i, The World Wide Fund for Nature (Sweden) and The Seacology Foundation for support of conservation initiatives in Samoa and Ulf von Sydow, former president of SNF, for his struggle to solve the conflicts. Most importantly, we thank chiefs 'Ulu Taufa'asisina and Va'asilifiti Moelagi for their courage and integrity and for their strong commitment to conservation of both biological and cultural diversity in Samoa.
22. First submitted August 2, 1995. Accepted for publication after revision 30 November 1995.