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Jill M. Belsky

Researcher at University of Montana

Publications -  36
Citations -  1247

Jill M. Belsky is an academic researcher from University of Montana. The author has contributed to research in topics: Natural resource & Participatory action research. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 36 publications receiving 1160 citations. Previous affiliations of Jill M. Belsky include Cornell University.

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Misrepresenting Communities: The Politics of Community‐Based Rural Ecotourism in Gales Point Manatee, Belize1

TL;DR: In this paper, a community-based rural ecotourism project in Gales Point Manatee, Belize, from 1992-1998, the authors provided concrete examples of how the politics of class, gender, and patronage inequities limit the co-manage- ment of ecotours associations, equitable distribution of ecOTourism in- come, and support for conservation regulations across the community.
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The Politics of Place: Understanding Meaning, Common Ground, and Political Difference on the Rocky Mountain Front

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined people's images, values, and interests with respect to the Rocky Mountain Front in Montana and provided a window into the politics of place, and found that the meanings of place meanings are connected to people's ideas about property, conservation, and governance.
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Private Property Rights and Community Goods: Negotiating Landowner Cooperation Amid Changing Ownership on the Rocky Mountain Front

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors document the ways that established customs governing cooperation between ranchers meet both individual and community needs, while acknowledging the challenges of changing landownership and the ways existing customs might provide important foundations for cooperation.
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Participatory Action Research and Environmental Learning: Implications for Resilient Forests and Communities.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined a participatory action research (PAR) project to determine how PAR fostered environmental learning and, in turn, how the learning influenced resilience in a social-ecological system.
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Cultivating cacao Implications of sun-grown cacao on local food security and environmental sustainability

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate the reasons why upland farmers on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi are engaged in a cacao boom and its long term implications are addressed in the context of protected area management regulations, and political and economic conditions in Post-Suharto, Indonesia.