What Local People Think About Crocodiles: Challenging Environmental Policy Narratives in the Philippines

摘要: This article challenges several assumptions that have shaped environmental policy in the Philippines. Policy makers assume people are antagonistic toward conserving crocodiles wild and think enforcement of legislation a context widespread rural poverty is illegitimate ineffective. They argue these negative public attitudes can only be transformed by generating revenues for communities, example, through crocodile ranching or ecotourism. Despite evident failure to conserve wild, this thinking continues underpin practice A community-based conservation project northern Sierra Madre on Luzon puts utilitarian logic perspective. The succeeded transforming hostile mobilized broad societal support protection Philippine its freshwater habitat. Cultural values, such as pride occurrence rare iconic ...