GGRB21H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Social Capital, Management System, Political Ecology
Document Summary
Ggrb21 lecture 7: biodiversity conservation and control. In the name of conservation and sustainability", control of natural resources has been taken away from local people/users/producers: but many conservation efforts have been known to be harmful to people and nature, and even failing in some cases. Ignores local people"s point of view that these natural resources inside the parks traditionally belonged to them. Ignores the role of colonial authorities in establishing and inventing conservation traditions in the area: does not acknowledge the role that local people might have historically played in maintaining the healthy environment that is now attractive to outsiders. It overlooks the fact that a wilderness" landscape that is devoid of human and livestock is in fact an imposed reality by authorities from outside the area. It reflects on the understanding that conservation areas are ecologically and socially problematic, and inadequate to meet the goals of preservation of either wildlife or of livelihoods.
