Conservationists: don't forget the academics.(FROM READERS)(Letter to the Editor)

Publication: World Watch

Publication Date: 01-NOV-05

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Mac Chapin's November/December 2004 article "A Challenge to Conservationists" and the responses to it [January/February 2005] failed to address a key element in the bigger picture with respect to indigenous people and conservationists. Chapin implies that "science" is the driving force behind much NGO conservation activity. Unfortunately, the reality is that this science is largely limited to bringing together enough information to argue for protecting a...

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