The Geopolitics of Protected Areas

The conservation enterprise is embedded in ideas of the environment through which it promotes a vision of the world and the relations between the non-human and human. The papers in this forum analyse conservation from various vantage points to draw the links between geopolitics and conservation. The...

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Published in:Geopolitics 2020-01, Vol.25 (1), p.240-266
Main Authors: Ramutsindela, Maano, Guyot, Sylvain, Boillat, Sébastien, Giraut, Frédéric, Bottazzi, Patrick
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Conservation
Geography
Geopolitics
Governance
Humanities and Social Sciences
Mobilization
Power
Values
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Summary:The conservation enterprise is embedded in ideas of the environment through which it promotes a vision of the world and the relations between the non-human and human. The papers in this forum analyse conservation from various vantage points to draw the links between geopolitics and conservation. The authors use three themes to demonstrate these links. The first theme draws on the concept of environmentality to show the mobilization of ecological rationalities and power towards the creation of protected areas. The second pays attention to networks formed across the distance, and how they influence the location and governance of protected areas. The third focuses on the strategies the conservation lobby uses to align local identities with global conservation ideals and goals. Collectively, these themes highlight features of conservation geopolitics.
ISSN:1465-0045
1557-3028
DOI:10.1080/14650045.2019.1690413