Conservation by racialized dispossession: The making of an eco-destination on Honduras's North Coast

Geoforum

Volumn 69, Issue , 2016, Pages 184-193

  Loperena, Christopher Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Dispossession; Honduras; Racialization; State violence; Tourism

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOTOURISM; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MARGINALIZATION; NEOLIBERALISM; POLICY APPROACH; RACIAL IDENTITY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; VIOLENCE;

HONDURAS;

EID: 84955193319     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2015.07.004     Document Type: Article

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