‘Cornered by Protected Areas‘ is a new report led by Victoria Tauli-Corpuz on replacing ‘Fortress’ Conservation with Rights-based Approaches to help bring justice for Indigenous Peoples and local communities (who often have significant cultural and spiritual links to theareas), reduces conflict, and enables cost-effective conservation and climate action.
Faced with growing environmental threats, governments and the international community have sought ways to halt biodiversity loss and realize global climate and development priorities. But a recent analysis has found that “fortress” conservation approaches – those grounded in a historical concept of protected areas as pristine, untouched lands—are perpetuating a system of abuse and human rights violations against the Indigenous Peoples and local communities who have traditionally inhabited and protected these lands.
There’s also a blog post on the key findings of the report – “Pristine” Parks are hurting Indigenous Peoples and local communities.
