From the creation of the very first national parks and game reserves, 'conservation' has always been about repressing and expropriating indigenous tribes, Survival International director Stephen Corry told Alice Bayer. And despite all the evidence that indigenous peoples are the best wildlife managers, old attitudes die hard ...
… Stephen Corry: conservation must work with, not against, … 2014 Comment Indigenous Peoples Hunting Conservation Land Grabs Law Natural World sc … very first national parks and game reserves, 'conservation' has always been about repressing …
Indigenous Peoples are often the victims of nature conservation, according to a new report by Vicky Tauli-Corpuz presented to the UN this week, as they are expelled from lands they have inhabited for millennia. One reason, she told Joe Eisen, is that indigenous territories are precisely the places where biodiversity is best preserved - thanks to the protective, nurturing presence of their traditional owners.
… where indigenous peoples live!' Joe Eisen Conservation Watch | 19th October 2016 Comment Indigenous Peoples Conservation Un Human Rights … Peoples are often the victims of nature conservation, according to a new report by …
Big conservation NGOs increasingly resemble the nature-destroying corporations they should be opposing, writes Margi Prideaux. This ideological capture is reflected in their vapid marketing to conservation 'consumers'; the serious abuse of indigenous communities they should be engaging as partners; and their willing sacrifice of core objectives to money and influence.
… Corporate capture: Big Conservation must break out of its Stockholm … Margi Prideaux | 2nd September 2016 Comment Conservation Corporations Indigenous Peoples baka-cut.jpg Big conservation NGOs increasingly resemble the …
Gorillas, elephants, tigers - icons of philanthropy and generosity in the west, but also symbols of the damage that modern conservation can inflict on the less industrialised world
… Wildlife conservation repeatedly ignores the needs of … Roe | 19th May 2010 Comment Natural World Conservation Politics And Economics Poverty … but also symbols of the damage that modern conservation can inflict on the less …
'Conservation' is destroying those who've nurtured their surroundings for timeless generations, writes Stephen Corry - the Indigenous Peoples who have actually fashioned those precious places that we now mistake as 'natural'. It's time for a new conservation ethic that recognizes them as senior partners - not as 'squatters'' and 'poachers' to be evicted and criminalized.
… Wildlife conservation must support, not destroy, … Politics Human Rights baka-beaten-cut.jpg 'Conservation' is destroying those who've … now mistake as 'natural'. It's time for a new conservation ethic that recognizes them as …
The massacre of elephants for Asian ivory trade is driving the iconic African giant to extinction, writes Lewis Evans. But the 'military response' is both brutal and ineffective, all the more so as it excludes and alienates the indigenous communities who are the best defenders of nature and wildlife. The simplistic message of 'Last Days of Ivory' is both damaging and dangerous.
… 'Last Days of Ivory' promotes a military conservation that is fatal for tribal peoples … Lewis Evans | 17th November 2015 Reviews Conservation Africa Wildlife Trade War … behind the increasing militarisation of conservation. Although many environmentalists …
A small fishing community in Tanzania is the victim of a land grab carried out by powerful national park officials using inaccurate maps, writes Alejandra Orozco-Quintero - even though they are part of a long-standing, successful conservation partnership. Is it all to make way for a high-end tourism development?
… an indigenous community erased in the name of conservation Alejandra Orozco-Quintero | 3rd … they are part of a long-standing, successful conservation partnership. Is it all to make … development? The Government of Tanzania's conservation agencies are attempting to expel …
As the global assault on indigenous lands intensifies, the world's largest conservation group, the IUCN, has just voted at its World Conservation Congress for the sacred natural sites and territories of indigenous peoples to be recognised as 'No-Go Areas' for destructive industrial scale activities, writes Hal Rhoades - and for corporations to permanently withdraw from such areas.
… World Conservation Congress votes to protect … lands Hal Rhoades | 13th September 2016 News Conservation Indigenous Peoples Corporations … lands intensifies, the world's largest conservation group, the IUCN, has just voted …
Ruthless conservation policies at India's Kaziranga reserve claimed 20 lives in 2015 alone, writes Bhaskar Vira. Now, after a BBC film revealed the grim reality of life for local people, the BBC itself is in the firing line - banned from all India's tiger reserves for five years. Successful conservation must build bridges with communities - not fight them!
… of Cambridge | 28th February 2017 Comment Conservation Rhinos Tigers India Media Indigenous Peoples village.jpg Ruthless conservation policies at India's Kaziranga … tiger reserves for five years. Successful conservation must build bridges with …
Media furore over the shooting down of a helicopter in Tanzania masks a bigger picture of commercial hunting and evictions of indigenous tribes in the name of wildlife, writes Navaya ole Ndaskoi. It's time to rethink 'white saviour' mythology and develop new models of conservation that respect and engage with African communities, recognise their achievements, and inspire a new generation of conservation heroes.
… Lies in conservation: the truth about big-game hunting … Ndaskoi | 14th March 2016 News Natural World Conservation Africa Hunting Corporations … saviour' mythology and develop new models of conservation that respect and engage with …
Who are the best guardians of forests and other wild places? Governments? Conservation NGOs? Corporations? No, writes Prakash Kashwan, it's the indigenous peoples who have lived in harmony with their environment for millennia. But to be able do so, they must first be accorded rights to their historic lands and resources, both in law and in practice. Among the countries leading the way, Mexico. Among the laggards, Kenya and India.
… | 26th April 2017 Comment Indigenous Peoples Conservation Forests Mexico Kenya India Books … forests and other wild places? Governments? Conservation NGOs? Corporations? No, writes … book ' Democracy in the Woods: Environmental Conservation and Social Justice in India, …
The OECD is pursuing a complaint that WWF has funded abuses against the indigenous forest-dwelling Baka or 'Pygmy' peoples of Cameroon, after determining that its human rights guidelines do apply to WWF owing to the 'commercial nature' of its conservation activities.
… of Cameroon's forest peoples Chris Lang Conservation Watch | 12th January 2017 News Indigenous Peoples Forests Conservation Cameroon Africa Corporations … WWF owing to the 'commercial nature' of its conservation activities. The Organisation for …
'Brand lemur' could draw much needed ecotourism spending to Madagascar, writes Ian Colquhoun - benefiting local communities, and providing the funds needed to save lemurs from the very real threat of extinction.
… have issued a renewed action plan for their conservation. We highlight three key ways to save lemurs: community-based conservation management, the long-term … of each other. In particular, community-based conservation management and ecotourism have …
A 7-year old boy has been shot by park guards in Kaziranga national park, India, visited in April by Prince William and Kate, which operates a strict 'shoot first' policy. The incident highlights the government's wider efforts to evict tribal peoples from their forests in the name of conservation.
… The Ecologist | 20th July 2016 News India Conservation Indigenous Peoples Human Rights … peoples from their forests in the name of conservation. A seven year old tribal boy is … year period. This militarized approach to conservation has had serious consequences for …
The endangered Bengal Tiger and One-horned Rhino desperately need protection, writes Lewis Evans. But in India's Kaziranga National Park, 'fortress conservation' includes a brutal 'shoot on sight' policy that is terrorising local communities, many of them tribal. Indigenous peoples are the natural allies of conservation and need to be engaged in constructive solutions - not shot!
… India's 'shoot on sight' conservation terrorises indigenous communities … Lewis Evans | 20th April 2016 News Conservation India Indigenous Peoples Mammals … in India's Kaziranga National Park, 'fortress conservation' includes a brutal 'shoot on …
The orangutans of Southeast Asia make a fantastic symbol of endangered rainforests, writes Liana Chua, rousing public opposition to palm oil companies and their bulldozers. But this story of good versus evil omits the essential human dimension. To save the rainforests and their great apes, we must make forest peoples a key part of the conservation narrative.
… 2015 Comment Forests Indonesia Farming Conservation Primates Indigenous Peoples … we must make forest peoples a key part of the conservation narrative. Orangutans are often … public action. For 24 hours, orangutan conservation organisations filled Facebook and …
Ten years after promises of 'no mining' in Botswana's Central Kalahari Game Reserve, a $5 billion diamond mine opens a few miles from a Bushman village. Elsewhere in the Reserve, fracking is under way. And President Ian Khama, a director of Conservation International, denounces the Bushmen as 'poachers' and evicts them from their land.
… way. And President Ian Khama, a director of Conservation International, denounces the … evictions from the land in the name of "conservation" . In 2000, however, Botswana's … has also exposed Botswana's commitment to conservation as window dressing. The …
As ever more companies and governments pledge to 'go green' and protect forests, the world's tribal peoples should be among the main beneficiaries, writes Amy Dickens. Yet the reverse is the case. All too often the promises are purest greenwash, used to conceal the human and environmental tragedy of land-grabbing for plantations, mines, logging and even 'conservation'.
… Paraguay Farming Finance Corporations Conservation cam-pyg-baka-fw2-2014-382_cut.jpg … for plantations, mines, logging and even 'conservation'. In Paraguay's vast Chaco … to oust the forest's most accomplished conservationists , its tribal people. In spite …
While the world gears up for Jungle Book fever, something sinister is afoot in the forests of India, writes Tom Linton. No, not Shere Khan, but zealous officials illegally evicting indigenous communities from their ancestral forests in the name of 'conservation' - and to make way for tiger tourism. And it's happening across India putting millions of people under threat.
… from their ancestral forests in the name of 'conservation' - and to make way for tiger … who regard them as an impediment to tiger conservation policies. Earlier this month, … government to declare any area a reserve or conservation zone. Subject to certain terms …
Global outcry as India’s Supreme Court threatens to evict over a million vulnerable people from forest under the guise of protecting wildlife.
… India’s Supreme Court ruled in favour of a conservation group that claims that the Forest … "We do not consider this order to be pro-conservation. On the contrary, it is a real setback for conservation in India. "The rights of local …
Commuting between land rights negotiations in the city and herding goats on the plains, Edward Loure is at once a traditional Maasai and a modern urbanite, writes Sophie Morlin-Yron. That ability to straddle the two very different worlds he inhabits has been key to his success at having 200,000 acres of land registered into village and community ownership - and his own 2016 Goldman Prize.
… to very strong support from the communities." Conservation with a human face Loure says his … explains that often when land is turned into conservation areas it is not for the benefit … that, causing the Maasai to become so-called conservation refugees, and in recent years, …
The conflict between lions and Africa's cattle herders goes back centuries, write Grant Hopcraft and Sara Blackburn - and lions have been the big losers in recent years. But where local people benefit from ecotourism, that ancient enmity can quickly be set aside. 'Community conservancies' around formal protected areas are helping both lions and indigenous communities to survive and thrive.
… in the sand regarding the public's opinion on conservation of this remarkable predator. … , an MSc student in biodiversity and conservation, assisted in the writing of the …
As we celebrate 'World Wildlife Day' today, there's little for nature's best defenders to be glad of, says human rights lawyer Gordon Bennett. Indigenous Peoples around the world are routinely attacked, starved and cut off from the lands and wildlife they have protected for millennia under a flawed and brutal model of 'conservation'.
… Indigenous Peoples destroyed for misguided 'conservation' Gordon Bennett co-authors | 3rd March 2015 Comment Indigenous Peoples Conservation India Cameroon Botswana … millennia under a flawed and brutal model of 'conservation'. Wildlife law enforcement almost …
Almost three quarters of Australia's landmass is 'outback', writes John Woinarski, making it one of our planet's greatest natural areas. Yet it has many of the hallmarks of a 'failed state': its native peoples live on the margins, and its biodiversity is under threat. Now a new conservation model shows a way forward for both: Indigenous Protected Areas.
… October 2014 Comment Australia Natural World Conservation Indigenous Peoples … its biodiversity is under threat. Now a new conservation model shows a way forward for … because we are being forced to re-imagine how conservation works, and how we live in this …