Thank You, Madagascar: The Conservation Diaries of Alison Jolly

ISBN-13: 9781783603176 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 424 str.

Alison Jolly; Hilary Bradt

Opis

Madagascar is home to one of the world's greatest concentration of biodiversity--but that biodiversity is also among the most threatened on the planet. For decades, conservationists from the developed world have been working to protect those riches, for the earth and for the people of Madagascar. This diary from the late Alison Jolly, who was one of the leading figures in that movement, captures the successes and failures of those efforts, as well as the complicated, fundamental questions that they raise.

Offering a rich account of the lives of people who live on Madagascar, and the daily work of conservation science, Jolly reveals the beauty and tragedy of the island's biological richness. To whom, she asks, does that richness belong? Is it a heritage for the entire world? A legacy of the forest dwellers' ancestors, bequeathed to today's people to serve their needs? Or is it an economic resource, to be pillaged for short-term gain, preserved only to the extent that it offers some sort of financial return for those who wield political and economic power? Negotiating the pitfalls of conservation efforts driven by these questions, Jolly presents an unflinching portrait of contemporary conservation in action, of its possibilities and problems alike.

Spis treści

Foreword - Hilary Bradt Introduction: My Adventurous and Astonishing Mother - Margaretta Jolly Chronology of events Dramatis Personae Map of Madagascar 1. 'Our country is committing suicide' Part I: Villages 2. Dancing in the Rainforest 3. Burning Baobabs, Death of Children 4. David Attenborough, Madame Berthe's Mouse Lemur, and School Among the Baobabs 5. Eleanor and the Aye-Ayes Part II: Politics 6. Where Indri Sing 7. Napoleon Versus the Zoos 8. The Bank Corrals the Donors 9. Dishing out the Dough 10. Our Cash Killed Bedo 11. The Bank Goes to the Forest Part III: Environment and Development 12. Golden Bamboo Lemurs of Ranomafana 13. Patricia Walked the Boundaries 14. The Village of the Fig Tree 15. Development Meltdown 16. Real Life and DreamWorks 17. President Ratsiraka 18. Madame Berthe was Dancing Part IV: Weather 19. Famine in the South 20. Lemurs Coping 21. Scientists, People, Lemurs: Berenty, Bezà Mahafaly and Tsimanampetsotsa 22. Climate Change Part V: Money 23. Durban Vision; Rosewood Massacre 24. The New Mines 25. Where are We Now? References Photographic credits Index