indigenous knowledge

Anselmo Matusse engages in a discourse analysis of conservation legislation in Mozambique to show how indigenous knowledge has been systematically suppressed since the colonial period by ideologies of modernity.

In this introduction to a special issue on human-nature interactions through a multispecies lens, the authors focus on the notion of “multispecies assemblages” and their role in conservation theory and practice at the intersection between ecology, history, and society.

This article explores the prospects and politics of indigenous participation in multi-sector conservation, using the case of the Boreal Leadership Council (BLC) in Canada. It concludes that multi-sector conservation creates both new possibilities for indigenous empowerment and new forms of marginalization through the reproduction of a (post)colonial geography of exclusion.

The article explores the opposing practices and philosophies between the Sámi people and state policymakers in northern Norway in terms of the human-environment relationship with a particular focus on language translation issues.

The authors draw on empirical experience to assess the extent of the impact of race and social equity in conservation, with the aim of promoting sustainable and more inclusive conservation practices in South Africa. Their findings suggest conservation practices in post-apartheid South Africa are still exclusionary for the majority black population.