Positioning human heritage at the center of conservation practice. Issue 5 (20th August 2020)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Positioning human heritage at the center of conservation practice. Issue 5 (20th August 2020)
- Main Title:
- Positioning human heritage at the center of conservation practice
- Authors:
- Montgomery, Robert A.
Borona, Kendi
Kasozi, Herbert
Mudumba, Tutilo
Ogada, Mordecai - Abstract:
- Abstract: Conservation projects subscribing to a community‐based paradigm have predominated in the 21st century. We examined the context in which the phrase was coined and traced its growth over time. Community‐based conservation first appeared in the literature in the early 1990s; but grew little until after the 5th World Parks Congress in 2003. Thereafter, publications describing community‐based conservation approaches increased exponentially. The conference theme was Benefits Beyond Boundaries, and its goal was to provide an economic model based on revenue accrued from conservation fundraising and ecotourism to support ecosystems, wildlife, and people, particularly in the Global South. Such models tended not to incorporate, as a core principle, the heritage of local human communities. Human heritage varies substantially over time and space making generalization of conservation principles across scales challenging. Pitfalls that have grown out of the community‐based conservation approaches in the Global South include fortress conservation, conservation militarism, consumptive and nonconsumptive ecotourism, and whiz‐bang solutions. We propose 10 tenets in a human heritage‐centered conservation framework (e.g., engage in conservation practices using local languages, thoughtfully propose and apply solutions consistent with human heritage, provide clear professional development pathways for individuals from local communities, and promote alternative revenue‐generating programsAbstract: Conservation projects subscribing to a community‐based paradigm have predominated in the 21st century. We examined the context in which the phrase was coined and traced its growth over time. Community‐based conservation first appeared in the literature in the early 1990s; but grew little until after the 5th World Parks Congress in 2003. Thereafter, publications describing community‐based conservation approaches increased exponentially. The conference theme was Benefits Beyond Boundaries, and its goal was to provide an economic model based on revenue accrued from conservation fundraising and ecotourism to support ecosystems, wildlife, and people, particularly in the Global South. Such models tended not to incorporate, as a core principle, the heritage of local human communities. Human heritage varies substantially over time and space making generalization of conservation principles across scales challenging. Pitfalls that have grown out of the community‐based conservation approaches in the Global South include fortress conservation, conservation militarism, consumptive and nonconsumptive ecotourism, and whiz‐bang solutions. We propose 10 tenets in a human heritage‐centered conservation framework (e.g., engage in conservation practices using local languages, thoughtfully propose and apply solutions consistent with human heritage, provide clear professional development pathways for individuals from local communities, and promote alternative revenue‐generating programs centered in local communities, among others). Progressive philosophies can derive from authentic and ethical integration of local communities in conservation practice. Resumen: Los proyectos de conservación que siguen un paradigma basado en la comunidad han predominado en el siglo XXI. Examinamos el contexto en el cual se acuñó la frase y rastreamos su crecimiento con el tiempo. La frase conservación basada en la comunidad apareció por primera vez en la literatura a principios de la década de 1990; casi no creció hasta después del quinto Congreso Mundial de Parques en 2003. Después de esto, las publicaciones que describen estrategias de conservación basadas en la comunidad incrementaron exponencialmente. El tema de dicha conferencia fue Beneficios Más Allá de las Fronteras y su objetivo era proporcionar un modelo económico basado en las ganancias acumuladas por la recaudación de fondos para la conservación y el ecoturismo para apoyar a los ecosistemas, la fauna y a las personas, particularmente en el hemisferio sur. Dichos modelos tuvieron la tendencia de no incorporar, como principio nuclear, el patrimonio de las comunidades humanas locales. El patrimonio humano varía sustancialmente con el tiempo y en el espacio, lo que complica la generalización de los principios de conservación en todas las escalas. Algunos obstáculos que han surgido de las estrategias de conservación basadas en la comunidad en el hemisferio sur son la conservación en fortalezas, el militarismo por la conservación, ecoturismo consumible y no consumible y las soluciones estrepitosas. Proponemos diez principios para un marco de trabajo de conservación centrado en el patrimonio humano (p. ej.: participar en prácticas de conservación con el uso de lenguajes locales, proponer y aplicar cuidadosamente soluciones consistentes con el patrimonio humano, proporcionar vías de desarrollo profesional claras para los individuos de las comunidades locales y promover programas alternativos de generación de ingresos centrados en las comunidades locales, entre otros). Las filosofías progresivas pueden derivar de una integración auténtica y ética de las comunidades locales dentro de la práctica de la conservación. 摘要: 基于社区的保护项目在 21 世纪占主导地位。我们研究了这个短语产生的背景, 并追踪了它的发展过程。 "基于社区的保护" 首次出现在 20 世纪 90 年代初的文献中;直到 2003 年第五届世界公园大会后才有了长足的发展, 描述基于社区的保护方法的出版物以指数级增加。当时会议的主题是" 超越边境的利益", 其目标是提供一种基于来自保护筹资和生态旅游收入的经济模式, 以支持生态系统、野生动物和人类的发展, 特别是在全球南方地区。这类模型往往没有将当地人类社区的遗产作为一项核心原则纳入进来。人类遗产在时间和空间上有很大的差异, 这使得在不同尺度上推广保护法则具有挑战性。在全球南方地区, 基于社区的保护方法中出现的误区包括堡垒保护、保护军国主义、消耗性和非消耗性生态旅游, 以及轰动性的解决方案。我们为以人类遗产为中心的保护框架提出了十项原则建议, 如在保护实践中使用当地语言, 深入思考并应用符合人类遗产利益的解决方案, 为当地社区居民提供清晰的职业发展道路, 以及促进当地社区的替代收入项目等等。在保护实践中, 我们还将综合当地社区的真实情况和伦理问题不断改进我们的指导思想。【翻译: 胡怡思; 审校: 聂永刚】 … (more)
- Is Part Of:
- Conservation biology. Volume 34:Issue 5(2020)
- Journal:
- Conservation biology
- Issue:
- Volume 34:Issue 5(2020)
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- Volume 34, Issue 5 (2020)
- Year:
- 2020
- Volume:
- 34
- Issue:
- 5
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2020-0034-0005-0000
- Page Start:
- 1122
- Page End:
- 1130
- Publication Date:
- 2020-08-20
- Subjects:
- biodiversity -- community‐based -- conservation biology -- fortress conservation -- protected areas -- áreas protegidas -- basado en la comunidad -- biodiversidad -- biología de la conservación -- conservación en fortaleza -- 生物多样性 -- 基于社区 -- 保护生物学 -- 堡垒保护 -- 保护地
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