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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 Espces Et Peuples Menacs (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 Pygmes, Kahuzi-Biega National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo. With An Introduction By Deborah S. Rogers, Initiative for Equality. Section Three: 30×30 10. The 30×30 Target and its Impacts on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Why a New Way forward is Needed Lara Domnguez, 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 Frdric 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 Unin Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Mexico Norberto Altamirano Zrate, Binniza (Zapoteco) from the Unin 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 Petn, Guatemala No Amador, Community Delegate from Laguna Del Tigre and Sierra Del Lacandn, 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, Organizacin Nacional Indgena 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 Atlntica 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
