Tag: Decolonise Conservation
Both green colonialism and climate injustice centre around these oppositions: the global west versus the global south, the developed versus the developing, white populations versus populations of colour. Ultimately, an end to green colonialism, like colonialism itself, will require concerted local will and a rising global consciousness.
Book Review: Western Celebration of African Poverty by Emmanuel Koro
https://resourceafrica.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Lapointe-2020-01-01-Book-Review.-Western-celebration-of-African-poverty-Koro.pdf An interview with the author, Emmanuel Koro, about why he wrote the book “Western Celebration of African Poverty" which carries a forward by Mr Eugene Lapointe, who writes of the book: (Western Celebration of African Poverty) has something for everyone who...
The Dangers of Extrapolation – Hunting Revenues and Local Communities – CIC. 10-2019
Extract: The term ‘fake news’ has become popularized over the last few years. The term refers to information, usually presented as ‘news’ that has no basis in fact but is presented as being factually accurate in a deliberate attempt to spread misinformation for propaganda purposes. Hunting is often on the receiving end of this approach to ‘news’. It is increasingly evident that this...
Contested Conservation: Implications for Rights, Democratisation, and Citizenship in Southern Africa
This paper, by Masego Madzwamuse, Elizabeth Rihoy, Maxi Louis was published in the journal Development in 2020 © Society for International Development 2020 Two competing ideological approaches have emerged in African wildlife conservation: an exclusionary approach that is aligned with the, mostly Western, animal protection movement; and the inclusive human rights-based approach of many African...