ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the intersection of environmentalism and development and draws attention to the ways in which environmentalism frames development through conservation ideas and practices. It concludes that there are three broad categories of environment-related conceptions of development that variously focus on economic outcomes, culturally embedded forms of community development, and access to natural resources in protected areas. This environmentalism of development appeals to governments because it passes on the cost of development to external actors and local communities, decentralizes development imperatives, and creates a false sense of resource ownership and localized democracy.
