IPSG Session, 2009 AAG: Indigenous Peoples and Protected Areas: Conservation Through Self-Determination I

Indigenous Peoples Specialty Group
Sponsored Session
2009 Annual Meeting
Association of American Geographers
Las Vegas, Nevada; March 22-27, 2009

Title:

Indigenous Peoples and Protected Areas: Conservation Through Self-Determination I

Description:

This is the first of three sessions which provide a venue for discussion of the diverse political ecologies and cultural, social, political, economic, and environmental issues created by the establishment and management of protected areas in Indigenous peoples' territories.

Anticipated Attendance:

Organizers:

Stan Stevens

Chairs:

Stan Stevens

Participants:

Presenter:	Jeannine Koshear, The California Gold Rush: Cataclysm and Environmental Transformation
Presenter:	Yolanda Weima, Algonquin Provincial Park as Policed Space
Presenter:	Mary Thompson, Conservation, Eviction, and Identity in Ghana's Digya National Park
Presenter:	Peters Omoregie, Conservation Policy and Property Rights Regimes: A Case Study From The Cross River National Park, Nigeria.
Presenter:	Maria Fadiman, Forest Use and Conservation: Afro-Ecuadorians in Northwestern Ecuador

Sponsorships:

Indigenous Peoples Specialty Group, Cultural and Political Ecology Specialty Group

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