Futures, ethics and the politics of expectation in biodiversity conservation: A case study of South African sustainable wildflower harvesting

Geoforum

Volumn 52, Issue , 2014, Pages 206-215

  McEwan, Cheryl ^a   Hughes, Alex ^b   Bek, David ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Database; Ethics; Futures; Fynbos; Postcolonialism; South Africa

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CAPE FLORISTIC REGION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; ETHICS; NATURE CONSERVATION; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POST-COLONIALISM; SUSTAINABILITY;

SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 84897584519     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2012.09.010     Document Type: Article

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