From National Parks to Sacred Forests: Community Involvement in Conservation

2013 (Presenter Alison Ormsby, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, Eckerd College) - Dr. Ormsby compares her research on resident attitudes toward Masoala National Park in Madagascar with her research on sacred forests of India, and contrast the effectiveness of a government-run protected area with community-managed sacred groves. This lecture was recorded at "The Quest for Global Environmental Equity in an Increasingly Inequitable World," the Elizabeth Babbott Conant & Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation Conference on the Environment on April 18, 19, and 20, 2013. https://www.conncoll.edu/academics/majors-departments-programs/majors-and-minors/goodwin-niering-center-for-the-environment/conferences/the-quest-for-global-environmental-equity/