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The militarization of conservation: a different perspective

Endangered Species Research, 2023
Is the increased use in wildlife conservation of techniques derived from military and security services appropriate? One aspect of this issue that remains poorly considered is whether all actors engaged in conservation projects that have a security ...
P Corkeron
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Mapping the patriarchy in conservation [PDF]

npj Biodiversity
It is essential to ensure the effectiveness of current conservation efforts to meet the interconnected crises of biodiversity loss, habitat degradation, and climate change.
Leonie Bossert, Tom Crompton, Anwesha Dutta, Joni Seager   +3 more
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Conservation diplomacy as part of multilateral strategies for global peace and sustainability [PDF]

npj Biodiversity
Mountains, which constitute the majority of global biodiversity hotspots, are most vulnerable to ecosystem collapse due to various natural and anthropogenic stressors.
Maharaj K. Pandit
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Selling green militarization: The discursive (re)production of militarized conservation in the Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo [PDF]

Geoforum, 2016
In recent years, the militarization of nature conservation has intensified, especially in protected areas located in conflict zones or plagued by ‘poaching crises’. Such ‘green militarization’ is enabled by a range of discursive techniques that allow it to be seen as a ‘normal’ and ‘legitimate’ response.
Esther Marijnen, Judith Verweijen
exaly   +3 more sources

Militarization of Anti-peasant Forest Conservation: The Case of the Amazon Forest Reserve Zone (AFRZ) after the Colombian 2016 Peace Agreement

Forest and Society
In 2016, the Colombian government signed a peace agreement with the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) that included the implementation of a Comprehensive Rural Reform (CRR) with the purpose to allocate and formalize land for peasant ...
Angie L. Durán, Luz A. Rodríguez
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Eco-war tourism: Affective geographies, colonial durabilities and the militarization of conservation

Security Dialogue, 2022
Abstract This article introduces ‘eco-war tourism’, a growing niche in which tourists venture into war zones to seek adventure and ‘save’ nature from its violent surroundings. In Virunga National Park in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, such tourists can experience the ‘threat of mortality’ while visiting mountain gorillas ...
Esther Marijnen
exaly   +2 more sources

The Violence of Conservation in Africa: State, Militarization and Alternatives

Conservation & Society, 2023
Aby L Sène
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The violence of conservation in Africa: state, militarization and alternatives

International Affairs
Abstract: This review is of the edited volume that tells the story of violence in and around conservation spaces in Africa, including violence that can take place beyond protected areas (as seen with the fight against abalone poaching in Cape Town). This violence has historical roots in the colonial past, but there are also contemporary manifestations.
Research Ivan Ashaba
exaly   +5 more sources

Geographies of fear – The everyday (geo)politics of ‘green’ violence and militarization in the intended transboundary Virunga Conservation Area

Geoforum, 2021
Abstract Despite decades of critique concerning violent conservation practices, ‘green’ violence and militarization for the protection of biodiversity are on the rise. This paper engages with the question of how and why these violent and militaristic dynamics unfold in relation to Transboundary Protected Areas in particular, which, paradoxically, are
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Left Button Picture, Right Button Bomb: Nature, Warfare and Technology in a Southern African Border Region

Engaging Science, Technology, and Society, 2021
In this paper, we argue that the relationship between nature conservation and warfare was and continues to be actualized through socio-technical relationships and shared infrastructures.
James Lawrence Merron, Luregn Lenggenhager   +1 more
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