Decolonize Conservation: Global Voices for Indigenous Self-Determination, Land, and a World in Common
Ashley Dawson, "Decolonize Conservation: Global Voices for Indigenous Self-Determination, Land, and a World in Common"
English | ISBN: 1942173768 | 2023 | 256 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
English | ISBN: 1942173768 | 2023 | 256 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
Frontline voices from the worldwide movement to decolonize climate change and revitalize a dying planet.
With a deep, anticolonial and antiracist critique and analysis of what “conservation” currently is, Decolonize Conservation presents an alternative vision–one already working–of the most effective and just way to fight against biodiversity loss and climate change. Through the voices of largely silenced or invisibilized Indigenous Peoples and local communities, the devastating consequences of making 30 percent of the globe “Protected Areas,” and other so-called “Nature-Based Solutions” are made clear.
Evidence proves indigenous people understand and manage their environment better than anyone else. Eighty percent of the Earth’s biodiversity is in tribal territories and when indigenous peoples have secure rights over their land, they achieve at least equal if not better conservation results at a fraction of the cost of conventional conservation programs. But in Africa and Asia, governments and NGOs are stealing vast areas of land from tribal peoples and local communities under the false claim that this is necessary for conservation.
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