ABSTRACT
One problem in producing work in the context of environment and development is the difficulty of terminology. This is because, in common with other terms frequently used in the debate surrounding them and in economics and policy-making generally, environment and development are highly charged, contentious concepts, the meaning of which can only ever be understood partially, in both senses of that word. In that such meanings are socially constructed and negotiated, they allow a space wherein, more often than not, powerful groups are able to impose meaning. This work attempts an engagement in that latter process.
