Wednesday, December 10, 2008

http://web.ebscohost.com.offcampus.lib.washington.edu/ehost/pdf?vid=2&hid=106&sid=ba174a76-5448-4f34-89c2-e2e15ee4b4c3%40sessionmgr109

This is an article that deals with burned forest land and conservation, restoration of these lands. It deals with indigenous people's land and the situation presented. One line that was disturbing to me, "One rationale for this emphasis on uninhabited protected areas is that the conservation value of indigenous lands is lower then that of the parks because indigenous people ultimately adopt the cultural values, technology, and pattern of resource exploitation of nonindigenous neighbors" (Nepstad 2). This article shows the ignorance of the government trying to restore these lands.