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ix Acknowledgments This book emerges from over a decade of fieldwork, and the intellectual foundation was laid even earlier. Thus, my list of influences and debts of gratitude are enormous, and I simply cannot acknowledge all of those who contributed to this work’s development. The most important words of gratitude go to the Hondurans who collaborated on this research. I thank the people of Sambo Creek, Corozal, San Antonio, Nueva Armenia, Rio Esteban, East End, and Chachahuate who welcomed me into their lives and shared their stories. I apologize that I cannot thank each of you by name, but I wish to honor the anonymity that I promised. I also thank the government officials and NGO staff people from the various organizations in La Ceiba and Tegucigalpa who shared their knowledge through formal interviews and enabled me to conduct archival research in their offices. I promised most of you anonymity as well, but you know who you are, and I greatly appreciate your insights. The work would not have been possible without the support over the years from core members of La Organización Fraternal Negra Hondureña (OFRANEH) and La Organización de Desarrollo Etnico Comunitario (ODECO) who served as research facilitators, teachers, and inspirational leaders. Daniel and I thank our expatriate friends along the coast, for their companionship and allowing us a glimpse into their lives in Garifuna territory. Over the years we remained close with one matrifocal household in particular in Sambo Creek; the matriarch served as a surrogate mother to me, her daughters, my sisters, and their sons, our children’s playmates. I hope that I have done justice to the words and actions of all the Hondurans who shared their wisdom with me, and I take full responsibility for any errors or misrepresentations in the stories I present here. The research would not have been possible without the support of many institutions. Fulbright IIE provided ten months of fieldwork in 2002; further fieldwork in the early 2000s was supported through Michigan State x • Acknowledgments University’s (MSU) Department of Anthropology via a National Science Foundation Ethnographic Training Grant, MSU’s Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) through a Tinker Foundation Travel Grant. Operation Wallacea supported my travel and in-country expenses in 2005 and 2006, and the College of Arts and Sciences, Fresh Connections , and the Department of Anthropology at the University of Memphis provided research and travel expense support in 2011. I thank the following journals for granting rights to reproduce portions of previously published work: portions of the book appeared in Conservation and Society (2011, 9.2), Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology (2010, 15.1), Journal of International Women’s Studies (2007, 9.1), and Ecological and Environmental Anthropology (2007, 3.1). A small part of chapter 9 originally appeared in Cengage Learning’s Anthropology Coursereader by Wadsworth/Cengage Learning. I am especially grateful for Allyson Carter’s assistance in guiding me through the publication process with the University of Arizona Press. This book has its roots in my dissertation at Michigan State University, where my committee—Laurie Medina (chair), Anne Ferguson, Bill Derman , and Antoinette WinklerPrins—helped me to formulate my research questions and challenged me to grow as a scholar. Marietta Baba provided significant support in seeing through to completion my dissertation and providing opportunities to expand my engagement with applied anthropology. Scott Whiteford and Lynne Goldstein also provided guidance and support over my time at MSU. Other colleagues from MSU whom I wish to thank include: Inez Adams, James Bielo, Jennifer Brewer, Holly Dygert, Robert Edmondson, Tara Hefferan, Suzanne Kent, Christine LaBond, Kate Patch, Zakia Posey, Sue Schneider, Raju Tamot, Victor Torres, Shannon Vance, Michael Walker, and Aaron and Jill Whiteford. I am particularly grateful for my friendship and professional relationship with Suzanne Kent, who shares my passion for unpacking the gendered effects of development and globalization, who assisted in research in the Cayos Cochinos in 2005, and who has provided unwavering support to our family for the last decade. Research in the Cayos Cochinos Marine Protected Area and its dependent communities was supported by Operation Wallacea, through which I worked with many wonderful international scholars and local translators. I thank the research and administrative staff from Operation Wallacea and the Honduran Coral Reef Fund for their assistance between 2005 and 2007. I am especially indebted to Adoni Cubas and Tony Ives, who shared their social networks and passion for collaborative conservation in Garifuna communities...

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