Conservation and Mobile Indigenous Peoples

Displacement, Forced Settlement and Sustainable Development

Dawn Chatty editor Marcus Colchester editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Berghahn Books

Publishing:1st May '25

£36.00

This title is due to be published on 1st May, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

Conservation and Mobile Indigenous Peoples cover

The second edition of this remarkable volume updates the immense advances in policy and soft international law with regards to the rights of mobile indigenous peoples in conservation.

The contributors to this book examine the interface between conservation and indigenous communities who are forced to move or settle elsewhere to accommodate environmental policies and biodiversity concerns. The case studies investigate successful and not so successful community-managed projects in Africa, the Middle East, South and SouthEastern Asia, Australia and Latin America.

Reviews of the 1st Edition:

“Presents an admirable set of case studies on the effects of modern conservation projects on local peoples from across the globe. The great strength of the volume lies in the diversity of cases.”• International Journal of African Historical Studies

“…this book will be the source material for future generations of researchers … The many arguments in this book will challenge and hopefully bring forward vigorous debate about the aims and goals of sustainable development and conservation tools.”• The Indigenous Nations Studies Journal

“I have nothing but praise for this book and its worth. It is written in a flawless and effortless manner. I loved the tone and how it packs in so much factorial information without the reader knowing it, but at the same time explores in-depth intimate life decisions and care giving practices that we have never seen so closely and so vividly presented.”• James J. McKenna, University of Notre Dame

“This is an excellent piece of scholarship that … draws upon a wide range of highly relevant literature which is used to make sense of the data. It illuminates a unique and compelling anthropological perspective on the lived, embodied practices of breastfeeding with particular emphasis upon the complex moral dilemmas related to breastfeeding and sleep practices.”• Fiona Dykes, University of Central Lancashire

ISBN: 9781805399902

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

433 pages