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Description of  Decolonize Conservation: Global Voices for Indigenous Self-Determination, Land, and a World in Common

1942173768 epub 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 visionone already workingof 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 Earths 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. Read more