The Carbon Fix: Forest Carbon, Social Justice, And Environmental Governance

Written by a diverse group of anthropologists, geographers, environmental researchers, and policy-makers, The Carbon Fix offers a cautionary tale of the contemporary practice of carbon sequestration, in which developed countries and global commercial interests pay less-developed countries to sequester carbon in return for the right to trade carbon emissions on the market. The authors argue that the obsession with carbon sequestration has displaced many of the varied social and ecological values that have otherwise guided conservation and environmental policy, with deleterious effects on some of the world's poorest peoples. The Carbon Fix provides a succinct overview of political, economic, and ethical issues associated with climate change and develops our understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of the carbon sequestration model. Keeping social justice issues at the center of its wide-ranging discussions, this collection's fresh perspective on climate change will appeal to environmental professionals and students in upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in environmental anthropology and environmental studies.

• | Author: Stephanie Paladino|Shirley J. Fiske, Stephanie Paladino
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Nov 15, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 332 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1611323339
• | ISBN-13: 9781611323337