Forests and biodiversity are dwindling at shocking rates and the world is failing at stemming the tide. The way we do and think about ‘conservation’ is to blame and needs a radical shift. Mainstream, western-led conservation efforts centre on creating ‘protected areas’, which in much of the Global South involves pushing indigenous and local communities off their ancestral lands and criminalising their traditional way of life. This is causing them long-lasting harm, from food insecurity and land conflict to the erosion of their cultural identity. They also face severe human rights abuses at the hands of heavily armed, aid-funded park rangers tasked with enforcing park boundaries.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n
L'approche traditionnelle occidentale de la \"conservation des forteresses\" repose sur l'id\u00e9e dangereuse mais persistante que les populations locales doivent \u00eatre s\u00e9par\u00e9es de la nature pour la maintenir \"vierge\" (parfois au profit des touristes \u00e9trangers). Cette approche ne conduit pas seulement \u00e0 des violations des droits de l'homme, elle est \u00e9galement inefficace car elle ignore et ali\u00e8ne les populations qui ont fa\u00e7onn\u00e9 et g\u00e9r\u00e9 ces paysages depuis des mill\u00e9naires. \u00a0<\/p>\r\n
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