Protected Areas and Equity Concerns

Richard Blaustein

BioScience · 2007 · 35 citations · 0 references

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ABSTRACT Protecting areas to preserve biodiversity raises equity concerns for local and indigenous peoples. Conservationists and peoples' rights advocates are often at odds, whether miscommunicating or working in direct opposition. Policies for simultaneously safeguarding cultural and biological diversity can be achieved.