28/09/2021
Rather than seeking to impose external conservation processes and institutional structures, collaborations that respect the multilevel governance and political structures of Indigenous and local peoples allow the robust and appropriate production, strengthening, and transmission of complex knowledge and diverse resource use practices in and through ICCAs. As Indigenous and local peoples across the globe have long advocated, their voices, concerns, and needs must take precedence in the existing and new conservation governance arrangements that involve their ancestral territories and embrace multifunctional landscapes. Rather than espousing the exclusive wilderness territories as an antidote to the ills of the Anthropocene, externally funded, designed, and implemented conservation initiatives must now align with or cede to Indigenous and local governance initiatives that drive research, policy making, and variegated landscape management.
https://www.pnas.org/content/118/40/e2022218118
The environmental crises currently gripping the Earth have been codified in a new proposed geological epoch: the Anthropocene. This epoch, according to the Anthropocene Working Group, began in the mid-20th century and reflects the “great acceleration” that began with industrialization in Europe ...
