![]() | Rough Waters: Nature and Development in an East African Marine Park Subjects: Mafia Island Marine Park (Tanzania); Marine parks and reserves -- Tanzania -- Mafia Island -- Social aspects; Economic development projects -- Tanzania -- Mafia Island -- Social aspects; Rough Waters explores one of the most crucial problems of the contemporary era--struggles over access to, and use of, the environment. It combines insights from anthropology, history, and environmental studies, mounting an interdisciplinary challenge to contemporary accounts of "globalization." The book focuses on The Mafia Island Marine Park, a national park in Tanzania that became the center of political conflict during its creation in the mid-1990s. The park, reflecting a new generation of internationally sponsored projects, was designed to encourage environmental conservation as well as development. Rather than excluding residents, as had been common in East Africa's mainland wildlife parks, Mafia Island was intended to represent a new type of national park that would encourage the participation of area residents and incorporate their ideas. Christine J. Walley is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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