West, Paige, 1969-

Conservation is our government now : the politics of ecology in Papua New Guinea / Paige West. - Durham : Duke University Press, 2006. - xxx, 320 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. - New ecologies for the twenty-first century .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-309) and index.

New Guinea-New York -- Making Crater Mountain -- Articulations, histories, development -- Conservation histories -- A land of pure possibility -- The practices of conservation-as-development -- Exchanging conservation for development.

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Gimi (Papua New Guinean people)--Social conditions.
Gimi (Papua New Guinean people)--Economic conditions.
Gimi (Papua New Guinean people)--Psychology.
Indigenous peoples--Ecology--Papua New Guinea.
Wildlife management areas--Papua New Guinea.
Conservation of natural resources--Papua New Guinea.
Sustainable development--Papua New Guinea.


Papua New Guinea--Environmental conditions.
Papua New Guinea--Economic conditions.

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