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"Many popular leisure pursuits and consumption habits drive and deepen global capitalism - from whale watching in the Azores to sipping an ethically-sourced cup of morning coffee. But what are the consequences for society, nature, and conservation? Capitalism and Conservation presents an important critique of conservation's role as a central driver of global capitalism. This thought-provoking collection of case studies from around the world vividly demonstrates the increase in intensity and variety of forms of capitalist conservation. They also reveal a surprising shift in the conservation movement's own conception of these practices: their current mainstream view is the idea that capitalism can and should help conservation save the world. By examining the works of various corporate billionaires, powerful political coalitions and foundations, international elites and NGOs, and new tourist and business opportunities, the essays show that conservation and capitalism have intertwined to distribute fortune and misfortune in many new ways - with entirely new dynamics of profit creation and marginalisation. Capitalism and Conservation offers illuminating insights and critique of the realities and tensions of capitalism and conservation's coexistence in today's world"--

Part of the "People and Plants" series, this book describes plant conservation in the context of livelihoods and development. It also discusses ways of balancing the conservation of plant diversity with the use of plants and the environment for human benefit.

Publisher's note -- Editor's introduction -- Animal caretaker -- Botanist -- Energy auditor -- Energy engineer -- Environmental engineer -- Environmental science technician -- Farmer/farm manager -- Forester & conservation scientist -- Forestry worker -- Geographer -- Geologist & geophysicist -- Hazardous materials technician -- Landscape architect -- Marine biologist -- Meteorologist -- Nursery worker -- Oceanographer -- Range manager -- Refuse & recyclable material collector -- Renewable energy technician -- Soil scientist -- Water & wastewater engineer -- Water treatment plant operator -- Wildlife biologist -- Wind energy engineer -- Appendix A: Holland Code -- Appendix B: Bibliography -- Index

Uganda has extensive protected areas and iconic wildlife (including mountain gorillas), which exist within a complex social and political environment. In recent years Ugandahasbeen seenas a test bed and model case study for numerous and varied approaches to address complex and connectedconservation and development challenges. This volume reviews and assesses these initiatives, collecting new research and analyses both from emerging scholars and well-established academics in Uganda and around the globe. Approaches coveredrange from community-based conservationto the more recent proliferation of neoliberalised interventions based on markets and payments for ecosystem services. Drawing on insights from political ecology, human geography, institutional economics, and environmental science, the authors explore the challenges of operationalising truly sustainable forms of development in a country whose recent history is characterised by a highlyvolatile governance and development context. They highlight the stakes for vulnerable human populations in relation toof large and growing socioeconomic inequalities, as well as for Uganda's rich, unique, and globally significant biodiversity. They illustrate the conflicts that occur between competing claims of conservation, agriculture, tourism, and the energy and mining industries. Crucially, the bookdraws out lessons that can be learned from the Ugandan experience for conservation and development practitioners and scholars around the world.