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Tackling conflicts, supporting livelihoods: Convivial conservation in the Campo Ma'an National Park

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Title Tackling conflicts, supporting livelihoods: Convivial conservation in the Campo Ma'an National Park
 
Creator Nchanji, Yvonne Kiki
Ramcilovic-Suominen, Sabaheta
Nchanji, Eileen Bogweh
Mala, William Armand
Kotilainen, Juha
 
Subject livelihood strategies
nature conservation
policies
national parks
indigenous peoples
livelihoods
ecology
 
Description While most of the literature on park management and nature conservation has focused on the negative implications
for local people’s livelihoods, fewer studies have empirically analysed local people’s strategies in responding to these
policies and renegotiating their position to continue their traditional livelihoods using their traditional knowledge
and legal systems. This study contributes to the current literature on nature conservation by focusing on the impacts
of nationally and internationally driven nature conservation policies on indigenous people and local communities
(IPLCs) and collective strategies and responses to such policies and initiatives to continue their livelihood and
cultural practices. We employ a qualitative research approach, using the convivial conservation theoretical lens
to analyse the data collected. We conclude that conservation policies have worsened existing livelihoods and
constrained the improvement of indigenous people’s livelihoods and local communities. Yet, IPLCs have devised
coping mechanisms to deal with the negative effects of these conservation interventions, which include resistance
to some conservation policies, agricultural intensification, and involvement in commercial activities. We argue
that the convivial conservation approach may offer viable solutions to existing conflicts by promoting human and
non-human coexistence, based on indigenous and local people’s knowledge and practices.
 
Date 2023
2023-04-05T09:51:07Z
2023-04-05T09:51:07Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Nchanji, Y.K.;, Ramcilovic-Suominen, S.; Nchanji, E.B.; Mala W.A.; Kotilainen, J. (2023) Tackling conflicts, supporting livelihoods: Convivial conservation in the Campo Ma'an National Park. Conservation and Society 21(1) p. 61-72. ISSN: 0972-4923
0972-4923
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/129900
https://doi.org/10.4103/cs.cs_30_22
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 61-72
application/pdf
 
Publisher Wolters Kluwer
 
Source Conservation and Society