Colleen M. Scanlan Lyons Running After Paradise: Hope, Survival, and Activism in Brazil`s Atlantic Forest 9780816540136

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Автор: Colleen M. Scanlan Lyons
Название: Running After Paradise: Hope, Survival, and Activism in Brazil`s Atlantic Forest
ISBN: 9780816540136
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
Классификация:

Население и демография

Социальная и культурная антропология, этнография

Леса, джунгли

География человека

Управление природопользованием

Охрана окружающей среды

Социальные последствия экологических проблем

ISBN-10: 0816540136
Обложка/Формат: Hardback
Страницы: 304
Вес: 0.86 кг.
Дата издания: 30.05.2022
Серия: Critical green engagements: investigating the green economy and its alternatives
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 30 b&w illustrations, 2 maps
Размер: 229 x 152
Читательская аудитория: Professional and scholarly
Ключевые слова: Conservation of the environment,Environmental management,Forests, rainforests,Human geography,Population & demography,Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography,Social impact of environmental issues, NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection,POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American,SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural,SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography
Подзаголовок: Hope, survival, and activism in brazil`s atlantic forest
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: Brazil’s Atlantic Forest is a paradise to many. In Southern Bahia, surfers, billionaires, travelers, and hippies mingle with environmentalists, family farmers, quilombolas (descendants of former fugitive slaves), and nativos, or “locals.” Each of these groups has connections to the unique environment, culture, and character of this region as their home, their source of a livelihood, or perhaps their vacation escape. And while sometimes these connections converge—other times they clash.

The pressures on this tropical forest are palpable. So are people’s responses to these pressures. What was once the state’s economic mainstay, cacao production, is only now beginning to make a comeback after a disease decimated the crops of large and small farmers alike. Tourism, another economic hope, is susceptible to economic crises and pandemics. And the threat of a massive state-led infrastructure project involving mining, a railroad, and an international port has loomed over the region for well over a decade.

Southern Bahia is at a crossroads: develop a sustainable, forest-based economy or run the risk of losing the identity and soul of this place forevermore. Through the lives of environmentalists, farmers, quilombolas, and nativos—people who are in and of this place—this book brings alive the people who are grappling with this dilemma.

Anthropologist Colleen M. Scanlan Lyons brings the eye of a storyteller to present this complex struggle, weaving in her own challenges of balancing family and fieldwork alongside the stories of the people who live in this dynamic region. Intertwined tales, friendships, and hope emerge as people both struggle to sustain their lives in a biodiversity hotspot and strive to create their paradise.

Running After Paradise: Hope, Survival, and Activism in Brazil`s Atlantic Forest, Colleen M. Scanlan Lyons