TY - JOUR
T1 - From Racialized Neocolonial Global Conservation to an Inclusive and Regenerative Conservation
AU - Kashwan, Prakash
AU - Duffy, Rosaleen
AU - Masse, Francis
AU - Asiyanbi, Adeniyi
AU - Marijnen, Esther
PY - 2021/7/4
Y1 - 2021/7/4
N2 - The natural world is built on the foundations of co-existence. Here, gnus, antelopes, flamingos, and other animals coexist in the Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania. The recent antiracist movement in the United States and beyond inspired the Sierra Club, one of the oldest and most prestigious global conservation organizations, to distance itself from its founder John Muir’s racist views. In a statement issued in July, 2020, Sierra Club’s Executive Director, Michael Brune, said, “As defenders of Black life pull down Confederate monuments across the country, we must also take this moment to reexamine our past and our substantial role in perpetuating white supremacy.”1 However, the legacies and consequences of the racist history of American environmentalism extend far beyond the words and actions of the founding fathers of European and American environmentalism.
AB - The natural world is built on the foundations of co-existence. Here, gnus, antelopes, flamingos, and other animals coexist in the Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania. The recent antiracist movement in the United States and beyond inspired the Sierra Club, one of the oldest and most prestigious global conservation organizations, to distance itself from its founder John Muir’s racist views. In a statement issued in July, 2020, Sierra Club’s Executive Director, Michael Brune, said, “As defenders of Black life pull down Confederate monuments across the country, we must also take this moment to reexamine our past and our substantial role in perpetuating white supremacy.”1 However, the legacies and consequences of the racist history of American environmentalism extend far beyond the words and actions of the founding fathers of European and American environmentalism.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85109135982&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/00139157.2021.1924574
DO - 10.1080/00139157.2021.1924574
M3 - Article
VL - 63
SP - 4
EP - 19
JO - Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development
JF - Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development
IS - 4
ER -