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Participatory Research in Conservation and Rural Livelihoods: Doing Science Together
Contributor(s): Fortmann, Louise (Editor)
ISBN: 1405187328     ISBN-13: 9781405187329
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $175.70  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: October 2008
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Science | Research & Methodology
- Science | Life Sciences - Ecology
- Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental)
Dewey: 333.761
LCCN: 2008015535
Series: Conservation Science and Practice
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.3" W x 9.2" (1.60 lbs) 316 pages
Themes:
- Topical - Ecology
- Demographic Orientation - Rural
 
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Publisher Description:
Participatory Research in Conservation and Rural Livelihoods Doing Science Together starts from the understanding that all people create knowledge and that the creation of sustainable livelihoods and of conditions that protect and sustain rural ecosystems are interrelated.


Here local experts and professional researchers write independently about the participatory research processes through which they created new knowledge together. They demonstrate that interdependent science can produce more accurate and locally appropriate data, while frankly addressing persisting issues such as unequal power, whose knowledge and what ways of knowing count, whose voice can be heard or appear in print, and other dilemmas of this practice. Conservation scientists and practitioners will both benefit from reading this book.



  • First book to examine community participatory research techniques that focuses on conservation aims

  • Unique book in that it is written from the perspective of participating community volunteers and researching scientists

  • Part of the prestigious Conservation Science and Practice series published in association with the Zoological Society of London

Participatory Research in Conservation and Rural Livelihoods is brilliant, passionate, and inspiring...
Richa Nagar, University of Minnesota, co-author of Playing with Fire