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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 II

Description:

This is the second 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:

50

Organizers:

Stan Stevens

Chairs:

Stan Stevens

Participants:

Presenter:

Jessica Dolan, Cree Heritage in a Proposed Marine Protected Area in Eastern James Bay, Canada

Presenter:

Mario Cardozo, Exclusionary versus Participatory Conservation Approaches: Resource Use Conflicts among Traditional Communities in the Peruvian Amazon

Presenter:

Emily Caruso, Indigenous co-management of protected areas: experiences from the Ashaninka Communal Reserve in the Peruvian Amazon

Presenter:

Abidah Setyowati, Adat, Indigenous Movement and the Failure of Conservation Initiatives in Siberut, Indonesia

Presenter:

Sharlene Mollett, Mapping Conundrums in the Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve: The politics of mapping indigenous and Afro-indigenous space

 

Sponsorships:

Indigenous Peoples Specialty Group, Cultural and Political Ecology Specialty Group

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