Conservation and development 2.0: Intensifications and disjunctures in the politics of online ‘do-good’ platforms

Geoforum

Volumn 79, Issue , 2017, Pages 163-173

  Büscher, Bram ^a,b,c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Conservation; Development; Nature 2.0; New media; Online activism; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; INTERNET; WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 84975109067     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2016.05.002     Document Type: Article

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