@inbook{10.2307/j.ctt9qdgd1.9, ISBN = {9781571816962}, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt9qdgd1.9}, abstract = {This piece of history was narrated by don Anastasio,¹ a small-scale forest extractor from Boca de Sábalos at a workshop on non-timber forest products organised in Río San Juan, Nicaragua, in 1997. Short and pithy, it reveals one of the most problematic issues in the current debate revolving around competing claims over tropical forests. In this heated arena of discussion, many conservation authorities portray the tropical forests as irreplaceable sanctuaries of biodiversity and natural scenery that should be preserved free from human interference. This view, which satisfies national and global environmental agendas, is criticised by many Third World smallholders, according}, author = {Anja Nygren}, booktitle = {Ethnographies of Conservation: Environmentalism and the Distribution of Privilege}, edition = {1}, pages = {33--49}, publisher = {Berghahn Books}, title = {NATURE AS CONTESTED TERRAIN: Conflicts Over Wilderness Protection and Local Livelihoods in Río San Juan, Nicaragua}, year = {2004} }