The cultural context of biodiversity conservation - Oapen

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The cultural context of biodiversity conservation
Fig. 3.1 A landscape shaped by human resource use in the Guatemalan highlands
Fig. 3.2 The same landscape a few months later
The finding that different perceptions, values and ways of seeing underlie many of the
geopolitical conflicts that have shaped and continue to shape social experience on all
levels has been discussed by Oviedo and Brown (1999). Referring to protected area
management, they stress the aforementioned sacredness of natural sites as an issue of
particular importance to be acknowledged. In general, the sacredness of natural sites is