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Decolonising Conservation: Towards a Postcolonial Conservation Regime – E-International Relations

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The current environmental crisis is unprecedented. According to the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report (2022), it is almost inevitable that we will reach or exceed 1.5 oC warming in the near-term, and some experts have warned of a sixth mass extinction. The need for preservation is evident and pressing, and after 150 years of marginalising narratives and practices, it is time to embrace a post-colonial regime. It is widely considered that modern environmentalism started in the 1960s, with the publication of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring as a key marker, which highlighted the potential negative impacts of human activities on the natural environment (for instance, the impact of pesticides on bird population) and paved the way to further reflection on the relationship between economic development and the environment. However, the first efforts to preserve the natural environment are much older. For instance, the Age of Enlightenment and, later, the Industrial Revolution and resulting pollutio

Decolonising Conservation: Towards a Postcolonial Conservation Regime Celine Germond-Duret Download PDF Jun 7 2022 • [post-views] views --> PARALAXIS/Shutterstock The current environmental crisis is unprecedented. According to the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report (2022), it is almost inevitable that we will reach or exceed 1.5 o C warming in the near-term, and some experts have warned of a sixth mass extinction . The need for preservation is evident and pressing, and after 150 years of marginalising narratives and practices, it is time to embrace a post-colonial regime. It is widely conside

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