Migration and Environmental Sustainability in Hispaniola
Authors Bridget Wooding and Marcos A. Morales explore the dynamics between human beings and nature through case studies of Nalga de Maco National Park in the Dominican Republic and Pic Macaya National Park in Haiti. The book examines the social, productive, and cultural relations that shape protected areas in highly humanized environments and analyzes environmental degradation discourses that often position rural inhabitants, especially migrants, as key actors in rural restructuring processes.
Both case studies are approached through the social, productive, and cultural relations that shape protected areas in highly humanized environments that place their conservation at risk for future generations. The text is based on field information and analyzes how discourses about environmental degradation are constructed, positioning rural inhabitants, especially migrants, as actors who introduce new meanings into the restructuring processes of rural areas.
The book argues that these realities should be understood beyond a binary logic that opposes the human and the physical-natural, and instead as part of broader global frameworks related to knowledge, markets, and development projects.
Reference: Wooding, B. and Morales, M. 2014. Migration and Environmental Sustainability in Hispaniola. OBMICA. Editora Buho: Santo Domingo.