Troubles with Turtles: Cultural Understandings of the Environment on a Greek Island

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This book tells the story of a farming community’s resistance to ecological conservation. The ensuing dispute is described from an anthropological perspective, in terms of the conflicting social priorities and cultural values. Its lesson is that decisions about the environment always have cultural consequences, making us question the benefits of environmentalism.