Soil Erosion and Social (Dis)Courses in Cochabamba, Bolivia: Perceiving the Nature of Environmental Degradation

Zimmerer, Karl S.

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“…Such studies offer deeper understanding of the complex nature of environmental concern in diverse settings (eg., Anderson et al 2007; Campion and Shrum 2002; Gosken, Adaman and Zenginobuz 2002; Harris 2006; White and Hunter 2005; Zimmerer 1993). As a recent example, Anderson et al (2007) explore perceptions, attitudes and behaviors related to water issues and water pollution among different ethnic and socio-economic groups in South Africa.…”

Section: Environmental Perceptions and Concern In Less Developed Regionsmentioning

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Environmental Perceptions of Rural South African Residents: The Complex Nature of Environmental Concern

Hunter¹,

Strife²,

Twine³

2010

Society & Natural Resources

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The state of the local environment shapes the well-being of millions of rural residents in developing nations. Still, we know little of these individuals' environmental perceptions. This study analyzes survey data collected in an impoverished, rural region in northeast South Africa, to understand the factors that shape concern with local environmental issues. We use the "post-materialist thesis" to explore the different explanations for environmental concern in less developed regions of the world, with results revealing the importance of both cultural and physical context. In particular, gendered interaction with natural resources shapes perceptions, as does the local setting. Both theoretical and policy implications are discussed.

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Section: Environmental Perceptions and Concern In Less Developed Regionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Environmental Perceptions of Rural South African Residents: The Complex Nature of Environmental Concern

Hunter¹,

Strife²,

Twine³

2010

Society & Natural Resources

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“…Many critiques of satellite imagery, however, tend themselves to emphasize forested landscapes, a process that not only makes diversity and value contingent upon arboreal motifs, but reinforces the image of agrarian terrains as inherently lacking. In appreciating the promise and limitations of satellite imagery, it is important to recognize linkages between forests and agriculture, as well as the varied epistemologies, histories, and political perspectives that are contained within seemingly simplified tropical agrarian landscapes [54,55].…”

Section: Camera Obscura: Satellite Imagery and Illegible Landscapes Imentioning

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Whose Diversity Counts? The Politics and Paradoxes of Modern Diversity

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Is -diversity‖ a modern concept, like indigeneity or biodiversity, which is conceived precisely at the time that it seems to be threatened and on the verge of disappearing? In the face of perceived threats to diversity, projects and policies have been crafted to protect, promote, or conserve diversity, but in doing so they have often demonstrated a paradoxical propensity toward purity and authority in representations of diversity. Perceptions of -pure‖ natural diversity might represent native forests comprised solely of native species; -pure‖ cultural diversity might represent indigenous peoples who still speak indigenous languages and wear native dress. If purity is emblematic of diversity, what, then, is the place of hybrid landscapes and peoples? In our study, we draw on a range of examples-of agrobiodiversity conservation in Bolivia, satellite mapping initiatives in Madagascar and Ecuador, scientific authority about anthropogenic climate change, indigenous language and identity in Peru, and a comparison of the Amazon and Atlantic Forest in Brazil-to demonstrate gaps between representations of diversity, and the heterogeneous local realities they obscure. We suggest that hybridity is a form of diversity unto itself-albeit a form of diversity that is more complex, and thus harder to codify and categorize. OPEN ACCESSSustainability 2013, 5 2496

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“…However, the discursive aspects of people-oriented conservation initiatives, like Mexican biosphere reserves, are not often considered even when anthropologists and political ecologists have applied the notion of discourse and discourse theory to the question of environmental conservation since the early 1990s (Milton, 1993;Zimmerer, 1993;Escobar, 2002;Peet and Watts, 2002;Nygren, 1998;Bryant, 2000;Wolf and Klein, 2007). A discourse can be understood as a particular way of talking about the world and understand an aspect of it, which allow people to construct meanings and relationships in order to make sense of their social and physical surroundings (Elands and Wiersum, 2001;Dryzeck, 2005;Phillips and Jørgensen, 2006).…”

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Biodiversity conservation discourses. A case study on scientists and government authorities in Sierra de Huautla Biosphere Reserve, Mexico

Durand

Vázquez

2011

Land Use Policy

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Soil Erosion and Social (Dis)Courses in Cochabamba, Bolivia: Perceiving the Nature of Environmental Degradation

Cited by 55 publications

References 29 publications

Environmental Perceptions of Rural South African Residents: The Complex Nature of Environmental Concern

Environmental Perceptions of Rural South African Residents: The Complex Nature of Environmental Concern

Whose Diversity Counts? The Politics and Paradoxes of Modern Diversity

Biodiversity conservation discourses. A case study on scientists and government authorities in Sierra de Huautla Biosphere Reserve, Mexico

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