The Violence of Conservation in Africa: State, Militarization and AlternativesRamutsindela, Maano, Matose, Frank, Mushonga, Tafadzwa Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022 M01 11 - 272 pages Offering insights on violence in conservation, this timely book demonstrates how and why the state in Africa pursues conservation objectives to the detriment of its citizens. It focuses on how the dehumanization of black people and indigenous groups, the insertion of global green agendas onto the continent, a lack of resource sovereignty, and neoliberal conservation account for why violence is a permanent feature of conservation in Africa. |
Contents
1 Conservation and violence in Africa | 2 |
2 The state and contested natural resources in Africa | 22 |
3 The violence of greening the state in Africa | 37 |
PART II The militarization of conservation | 52 |
the transnationalization and militarization of Virunga National Park from an historical perspective | 53 |
5 Violent forests local people and the role of the state in Zimbabwe | 73 |
6 The new turn in the militarization of conservation in Cameroon Central Africa | 90 |
PART III Local impact and agency | 112 |
8 Postcolonialism protected areas and Basarwa of Central Kalahari Game Reserve | 134 |
9 Green violence along the value chain of illicit trade | 155 |
the conflict of contested illegality | 168 |
PART IV Alternatives | 186 |
is another form of nature conservation possible? | 187 |
12 Princess Vlei a story of entangled vitality | 202 |
the need and possibilities | 222 |
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