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Volume 5 Number 1
2007

 
 

Contents

Special section: The Politics of Engagement between Biodiversity Conservation and the Social Sciences
Guest Editors: Bram Büscher, Conrad Steenkamp and William Wolmer


Introduction: The Politics of Engagement between Biodiversity Conservation and the Social Sciences
Bram Büscher and William Wolmer   1
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Whims of the Winds of Time? Emerging Trends in Biodiversity Conservation and Protected Area Management
Bram Büscher and Webster Whande   22
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On the Local Community: The Language of Disengagement?
Clapperton Mavhunga and Wolfram Dressler   44
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New Architecture, Old Agendas: Perspectives on Social Research in Rural Communities Neighbouring the Kruger National Park
Barbara Tapela, Lamson Makuleke and Clapperton Mavhunga   60
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Seeking Common Ground: How Natural and Social Scientists might Jointly Create an Overlapping Worldview for Sustainable Livelihoods: A South African Perspective
Nick King, Harry Biggs and Rael Loon   88
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Landscape Images in Amazonian Narrative: The Role of Oral History in Environmental Research
Javier A. Arce-Nazario   115
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Book Reviews

ERIK MEIJAARD, DOUGLAS SHEIL, ROBERT NASI, DAVID AUGERI, BARRY ROSENBAUM, DJOKO ISKANDAR, TITIEK SETYAWATI, MARTJEN LAMMERTINK, IKE RACHMATIKA, ANNA WONG, TONNY SOEHARTONO, SCOTT STANLEY and TIMOTHY O'BRIEN, Life after Logging: Reconciling Wildlife Conservation and Production Forestry in Indonesian Borneo
reviewed by Richard T. Corlett   134
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DIVYABHANUSINH, The Story of Asia's Lions
reviewed by Radhika Govindrajan   136
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LYLA MEHTA, The Politics and Poetics of Water: Naturalising Scarcity in Western India
reviewed by Ritupan Goswami   139
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