Decolonize Conservation () von Ashley Dawson

Preface

Give the Land Back

Ashley Dawson

Introduction

Decolonizing Conservation

Fiore Longo

Part I: “In the Name of Nature”: The Crimes and Wrongdoings of Colonial Conservation 

Section One. What Is “Fortress Conservation”? 

1.     fortress Conservation in Modern Africa: Past and Present

Guillaume Blanc, Historian of the Environment, Rennes 2 University, France 

2.     Nature Conservation in the Democratic Republic of Congo: from Policing to Community Conservation

Blaise Mudodosi, Actions Pour La Promotion Et Protection Des Espèces Et Peuples Menacés (Apem), Democratic Republic of the Congo 

3.     Fight Against Extinction: The Sengwer Indigenous People’ Struggle for Land Rights in Kenya

Kipchumba Rotich, Sengwer of Embobut Cbo, Kenya 

4.     The Post 2020 Agenda and fortress Conservation in India

Neema Pathak Broome, Kalpavriksh, Icca, India

Second Two. The Militarisation of Conservation and Its Impact onIndigenous Peoples

5.     The Politics of Global Funding for Militarisation in Conservation

Professor Rosaleen Duffy, Biosec, United Kingdom 

6.     The Fight Against Colonial Conservation is a Fight for Millions of People Across the World 

Pranab Doley, Jeepal Krishak Shramik Sangha, Kaziranga National Park, India 

7.     Cries and Tears from the Riparian Populations of the Virunga National Park in the Rutshuru Territory, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Delcasse Lukumbu, Lutte Pour Le Changement (Lucha), Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo

8.     Chitwan National Park, Where the Community Are the Best Conservationists

Birendra Mahato, Community Conservation Nepal, Chitwan National Park, Nepal

9.     Our Most Fervent Wish is to Return to the Forest, Our Land

Julien Basimika Enamiruwa, Actions Pour Le Regroupement Et L’auto Promotion Des Pygmées, Kahuzi-Biega National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo. With An Introduction By Deborah S. Rogers, Initiative for Equality.

Section Three: 30x30

10.  The 30x30 Target and its Impacts on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Why a New Way forward is Needed 

Lara Domínguez, Minority Rights Group, United Kingdom

11.  Indigenous Peoples Should Be Leaders of Biodiversity Conservation and Climate Action and Not Victims of its Policies

Archana Soreng, Khadia Activist and Member of Un Secretary General Youth Advisory Group onClimate Change, India

12.  What’s Beyond the Protected Areas System?

Sutej Hugu, Indigenous Taiwan Self-Determination Alliance, Icca, Taiwan

13.  Conservation Needs Fundamental Economic and Political Transformation

Ashish Kothari, Kalpavriksh, India 

Section Four: The False Solutions to Climate Change

14.  Financialization & Sustainable Finance as Guardians of the Status Quo

Frédéric Hache, Green Finance Observatory, Belgium 

15.  Nature-Based Solutions: Planet Salvation or Planetary Betrayal?

Simon Counsell, Survival International Consultant, United Kingdom 

16.  Indigenous Zapotec in Between Dispossession and Energetic Colonialism: The Edf Case in Unión Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Mexico

Norberto Altamirano Zárate, Binniza (Zapoteco) from the Unión Hidalgo Indigenous Community, Istmo De Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico

17.  The Decolonization of Nature Conservation: We Are Earth, We Are Nature

Josefa Sanchez Contreras, Member of the Zoque People of San Miguel Chimalapa, Oaxaca, Mexico

18.  Climate Change Mitigation and Conservation in India: Solutions Are False Problems, Too Many and Tree-Less

Dr Bhanumathi Kalluri, Dhaatri, India 

19.  Displacement and Violation of Human Rights in the Name of Nature in Petén, Guatemala

 Noé Amador, Community Delegate from Laguna Del Tigre and Sierra Del Lacandón, Guatemala 

Section Five. The Role of Media and International Donors 

20.  International Donors and Biodiversity Conservation: “Our Land Is Not Your Solution”

Joe Eisen, Rainforest Foundation, United Kingdom 

21.  The Lion’s Share: Racialized Conservation and Misrepresentation in Tanzania

Celeste Alexander, Princeton University, United States 

22.  Failing Miserably

John Vidal, former Environment Editor of the Guardian, United Kingdom

23.  What Happens in the Forest Stays in the Forest: The Role of Donor Agencies in the Current Conservation Effort and Strategies for Making it More Equitable and Effective

Robert Moise, Independent Anthropologist, United States 

Part Two: Decolonial Perspectives and Alternatives  

Section One. Why Is It Necessary to Decolonize Conservation? 

24.  Why We Need to Decolonize Conservation in Africa: Confronting the Challenges 

Mordecai Ogada, Conservation Solutions Afrika, Kenya 

25.  Indigenous Peoples of French Guiana Are Being Destroyed by Neocolonialism

Taneyulime Pilisi, Copresident of the Aw Kae Collective for the Preservation and Development of Kalin’a Culture and Arts, French Guiana

 26.  Decolonizing Conservation and Development: Hold onto the Land; Their Grand Designs Will Collapse . . .  

Madhuresh Kumar, National Alliance of People's Movements (Napm), India and Resistance Studies Fellow at the University of Massachusetts.

27.  What Decolonizing Conservation Means and Why It Matters 

Dina Gilio-Whitaker, Colville Confederated Tribes, United States 

Section Two. The Land, Our Future: Indigenous Peoples and their Role in Protecting the Environment 

28.  ​The Decolonization of Thought

Juan Pablo Gutierrez, Organización Nacional Indígena De Colombia

29.  I Was Not Born in Chile, Chile Was Born in My Territory

Llanquiray Painemal Morales, Colectivo Mapuche Mawvn, Germany/Chile 

30.  Indigenous Peoples on the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua

Lottie Cunningham Wren, Centro Por La Justicia Y Los Derechos Humanos De La Costa Atlántica De Nicaragua Cejudhcan, Nicaragua 

31.  It Is We Who Guard the Forest With Our Lives

Tokala Leeladhar, Amrabad Tiger Reserve, India 

32.  Our Forest Has Been Stolen for Conservation

Mekozi Rufin, Member of Baka Tribe, Republic of Congo

33.  We Need to Throw these Conservationists Out of Our forests

JK Thimma, Shaman and Leader from the Jenu Kuruba Tribe, India

Section Three. Towards An Alternative Conservation

34.  Towards A Collective “Whole Earth” Vision for the Future of Conservation?

Robert Fletcher, Professor at Wageningen University, Netherlands

35.  The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006: Towards an Alternative Conservation

Dr Madegowda C, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, Brt Tiger Reserve, India

36.  Given All of the Obstacles, How Do We Fight for Our Future?

Esther Wah, Conservation Alliance Tanawthari, Myanmar

37.  “Marseille Manifesto: A People’s Manifesto for the Future of Conservation”

Collective Statement of the “Our Land Our Nature” Congress