Participatory Research in Conservation and Rural Livelihoods: Doing Science TogetherISBN: 978-1-4051-8732-9
Hardcover
316 pages
October 2008, Wiley-Blackwell
Other Available Formats: Paperback
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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