Nature in the Global South by Paul Greenough, Anna Lowenhaupt... - 9780822331490

Nature in the Global SouthEnvironmental Projects in South and Southeast Asia\nAuthor(s): Paul Greenough, Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Duke University Press, United States\nImprint: Duke University Press\nISBN-13: 9780822331490, 978-0822331490\nSynopsis\nA nuanced look at how nature has been culturally constructed in South and Southeast Asia, Nature in the Global South is a major contribution to understandings of the politics and ideologies of environmentalism and development in a postcolonial epoch. Among the many significant paradigms for understanding both the preservation and use of nature in these regions are biological classification, state forest management, tropical ecology, imperial water control, public health, and community-based conservation. Focusing on these and other ways that nature has been shaped and defined, this pathbreaking collection of essays describes projects of exploitation, administration, science, and community protest. With contribur