I remember where I was when I learned about “Fortress Conservation” as a phenomenon of political economy (political ecology). as a formal ecologist, the histories (some quite recent/current) were eye opening. i have tried to bring my colleagues attention to it, but aside from younger scientists and conservation workers, older faculty and non profit leaders (with limited exception) were extremely recalcitrant about learning from its lessons, generally.
these people really don’t want to acknowledge that many of their exalted heroes fucking hated indigenous people and held extremely racist opinions about traditional ecological knowledge and land management. or just how fascist it is to insist that only a certain socioeconomic cohort of generally urban elites with political power can understand natural resources and they should make decisions unanswerable to the people who live and build their lives in these places.
now i’m thinking back to an old colleague, a german ex-pat living in the u.s. who loved the national park system, and realizing i have yet another overdue henry morgenthau apology form to fill out
I remember where I was when I learned about “Fortress Conservation” as a phenomenon of political economy (political ecology). as a formal ecologist, the histories (some quite recent/current) were eye opening. i have tried to bring my colleagues attention to it, but aside from younger scientists and conservation workers, older faculty and non profit leaders (with limited exception) were extremely recalcitrant about learning from its lessons, generally.
these people really don’t want to acknowledge that many of their exalted heroes fucking hated indigenous people and held extremely racist opinions about traditional ecological knowledge and land management. or just how fascist it is to insist that only a certain socioeconomic cohort of generally urban elites with political power can understand natural resources and they should make decisions unanswerable to the people who live and build their lives in these places.
As always there is a
episode about this:
Citations Needed: Episode 155: How the American Settler-Colonial Project Shaped Popular Notions of ‘Conservation’
now i’m thinking back to an old colleague, a german ex-pat living in the u.s. who loved the national park system, and realizing i have yet another overdue henry morgenthau apology form to fill out