The Rich, the Powerful and the Endangered: Conservation Elites, Networks and the Dominican Republic

Capitalism and Conservation

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 156-178

  Holmes, George ^a  

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Author keywords

Dominican conservation; Dominican conservation elite; Dominican Republic and conservation elites; Elites in conservation; Global transnational capitalism; Issues of environment; Jared Diamond's "Collapse"; Paragon of environmentalism; Parks in Peril programme; The rich, powerful and endangered

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885501393     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444391442.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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