Convivial Conservation

Starting today: The Conservation Revolution. Get your copy at your nearest outlet and share your thoughts! #convivialconservation #biodiversity2020

India’s colonial conservation uproots Indigenous communities who've coexisted with wildlife for generations, turning forests into constructed ‘wild’ tourist spectacles for profit. Read "Eating the Adivasis along with the Tiger" by @social_mimic @alt_anthro - published @UndiEnvi

The Wolves is out! First part of Belonging in Nature, an album accompanying my socsci PhD on wolf conservation. The lyrics draw on my fieldwork and examine how wolves can be seen as intentional agents, transgressing boundaries between humans and nature. ffm.to/the_wolves?fbc…

🙌🏾🎉 ANNOUNCEMENT! We are thrilled to have won the Academic Achievers' Award for Excellent Team Community Engagement at @UWConline! We are so grateful to be acknowledged for our #LivingLandscapesInAction team's powerful work on conservation and social justice.

Just out: beautifully animated video explaining our Living Landscapes in Action project in South Africa! About social & spatial justice in biodiversity conservation in South Africa, and beyond. @convivconserv @PolEcoNet @PLAASuwc youtube.com/watch?v=0bHvSr…

A good explainer on why commodifying conservation to sell to rich white folks is actually not helpful-instead we need @convivconserv

@AmyDickman4 We agree there shouldnt be this false dichotomy, but under an endless growth machine like capitalism, it becomes an unworkable , and ultimate a massive crisis like the one we are now facing. Hence, we need radically different visions, not just tweaking in margins.

I think this is a false dichotomy between 'living with' biodiversity & 'exploiting' it. Surely it shouldn't be a choice between market mechanisms & other incentives for #conservation - both are likely to be needed in different contexts allafrica.com/stories/202407…

@AmyDickman4 Not really - this is an inherent tension that needs to be embraced rather than avoided. A political economic system that understands that local decisions are part of a global commons can have both. Not without conflicts or issues, but certainly a much better than under capitalism

Plus wildlife is either a 'global commons.....managed by all', or the decision-making is devolved to the local level & they make the choices: hard to have both at the same time. Some good points, but others seem contradictory in reality. convivialconservation.com/convivial-cons…

@AmyDickman4 Money is not the same as commodification - we can deal with money and income very differently than we are doing currently. A conservation basic income can be a good step in this direction - as Convivial Conservation also proposes.

And there seem to be several contradictions in the #convivial #conservation 'manifesto'. Great to devolve choices locally: but most people will want revenue, so how does that fit with 'decommodifying' wildlife. What if people want ££, as they likely will? convivialconservation.com/convivial-cons…

Southern Africa is seen as a leader in wildlife conservation, but its market-driven approach is deeply flawed theconversation.com/southern-afric… via @TC_Africa

New: Conservation and conviviality in the American West, from @jvancemartin #ConvivialConservation doi.org/10.1525/elemen…

For discussion on conservation, tourism, & voyeurism see: Convivial Conservation by Bram Buscher and Robert Fletcher. (I love this book so much that's why I keep plugging it)

#Natuur 🐘| Afrikaanse natuurparken zijn vaak gemilitariseerd en hebben hoge hekken om mensen en dieren te scheiden. Kan dat ook anders? @brambuscher van WUR vertelt bij @nrc over "verbindend natuurbeheer" waar lokale bewoners samen met de natuur leven ⤵️nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/04…

📣Is it just conservation? A typology of Indigenous peoples’ and local communities’ roles in conserving biodiversity I'm happy that this paper is out to challenge the Protected Area bros and conservation optimism discourse. cell.com/one-earth/full…

Human-nature relations in the globalised food system: Does the convivial conservation approach serve to promote a more sustainable food system? regions.regionalstudies.org/ezine/article/… via @regstud

Buscher's conceptualisation of 'convivial conservation' served as an important source of inspiration in my research as a conservation psychology researcher. This book delves into the urgent need for conservation practice to undergo a revolution to be truly sustainable for all 1/2

📢CfP for #POLLEN24 panel on Biodiversity conservation and the value turn New deadline: 10 January 2024! Conference: 10-12 June 2024, pollen2024.com Organised by @MarcoImmovilli & yours truly (@SDC_WUR ) @PolEcoNet @EstherMarijnen @anthfletch @Env_Pol

📢3 exciting PhD vacancies on urban politics at @SDC_WUR! Part of the @ERC_Research project: Politics of the Periphery in Urban Latin America: Reconceptualising Politics from the Margins (POPULAR) The PhDs will focus on Medellin, Recife & Santiago de Cuba See below 4 links👇

📢 PhD vacancy alert! 📢 At @SDC_WUR, we have several exciting PhD vacancies coming up in the next week(s), including one on: Peri-urban land and water commons in the Global North and South Supervised by @SumitVij19 & Jeroen Warner @PolEcoNet @WUR wur.nl/en/vacancy/phd…

Are you working on #connectivity and conservation? Do consider submitting an abstract for a panel at #POLLEN24 on the Political Ecology of Connectivity and Conservation politicalecologynetwork.org/2023/11/09/pol… @PolEcoNet @sayan12011991

5 day learning opportunity in iSimangaliso Wetland Park (IWP), #SouthAfrica Discover why current conservation paradigms struggle to address the biodiversity crisis and integrate social justice. bit.ly/40fG141 #ourlandscapes for #ourfuture #lff #ConvivialConservation