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1 online resource (xiv, 147 pages) : illustrations, maps (some color) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-138) and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Acronyms; Chapter 1. Saving Yasuní and the Planet: Toward a Global Politics of the Good Life; Chapter 2. Global Politics from the Canopy; Chapter 3. History in Black, Green, and Red; Chapter 4. Pay to Preserve: The Yasuní-ITT Trust Fund; Chapter 5. Behind the Scenes: Agents, Norms, and Structure in the Quest to Save Yasuní; Chapter 6. The Future of Global Governance in the Amazon: The Yasuní Effect; Bibliography; Index; About the Author. |
| Summary |
Paradise may have been found in the Western Amazon, but it is on the brink of destruction. Oil in the Soil analyzes the campaign to save the Ishpingo-Tambococha-Tiputini (ITT) block of Yasuní National Park in Ecuador's Amazon and the global networksthat have resulted in one of the world's most innovative plans to save the Amazon and other biodiverse places on our planet. Pamela L. Martin examines the path-breaking global environmental governance mechanisms that have resulted from the transnationalnetworks of the Yasuní-ITT campaign and their implications for replication around the world. The a. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Environmental policy -- Ecuador -- Parque Nacional Yasuní.
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Environmental policy. |
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Ecuador -- Parque Nacional Yasuní. |
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Environmental protection -- Ecuador -- Parque Nacional Yasuní.
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Environmental protection. |
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Environmental degradation -- Ecuador -- Parque Nacional Yasuní.
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Environmental degradation. |
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Petroleum industry and trade -- Environmental aspects -- Ecuador -- Parque Nacional Yasuní.
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Petroleum industry and trade -- Environmental aspects. |
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Parque Nacional Yasuní (Ecuador) -- Environmental conditions.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Martin, Pamela, 1971- Oil in the soil. Lanham, MD. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., ©2011 9781442211285 (DLC) 2011010688 (OCoLC)707966842 |
| ISBN |
9781442211308 (electronic book) |
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144221130X (electronic book) |
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9781442211285 |
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1442211288 |
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