REMINDER!!!
For YETI
Debabrata Phukon
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From: Madhavi Latha <madhavi@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2019, 9:29 am
Subject: REMINDER: Talk by Bram Büscher on June 3, 2019 (Monday) at 03:45pm
To: Madhavi Latha <madhavi@xxxxxxxxx>
You are cordially invited to a talk titled
*The Conservation Revolution. Radical Ideas for Saving Nature beyond the
Anthropocene*
by
*Bram Büscher *
*Professor and Chair, Sociology of Development and Change group, Wageningen
University *
Date & Time: June 3, 2019 at 03:45 pm
Venue: ATREE Auditorium
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*Abstract* (Based on a forthcoming book co-authored with Robert Fletcher):
The question how to pursue environmental conservation has become acute.
Saving nature has, of course, never been an easy proposition. But the
arrival of the Anthropocene seems to have upped the ante dramatically; the
choices facing the conservation community have now become particularly
stark. It is therefore no surprise that we have recently seen several
radical proposals for revolutionizing conservation, surrounded by heated
debates. One proposal, the ‘new’ conservation, asserts that humans must
take their ‘earth domination’ seriously and manage this to maximize
sustainability and economic development. The response was a radical
resurgence of ‘neoprotectionism’. This view aims to separate development
from conservation and calls (again) for a drastic expansion of protected
areas, even up to 'half earth'. In this presentation, we evaluate these
proposals and conclude that while they hold important seeds for radical
change, their contradictions cannot lead the way forward. Instead, we
propose a third alternative: ‘convivial conservation’. Convivial
conservation imagines and builds a post-capitalist approach to conservation
that contributes to an overarching movement to create a more equal and
sustainable world. In the presentation we outline some of the pillars of
this approach as an invitation for further co-development by all those
interested in revolutionizing conservation to meet the challenges of the
21st century.
*About the speaker:*
Bram Büscher is Professor and Chair of the Sociology of Development and
Change group at Wageningen University and holds visiting positions at the
University of Johannesburg and Stellenbosch University. Bram has published
over 75 articles in peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes and is the
author of ‘Transforming the Frontier. Peace Parks and the Politics of
Neoliberal Conservation in Southern Africa’ (Duke University Press, 2013).
Bram is one of the senior editors of the open-access journal Conservation &
Society (www.conservationandsociety.org) and co-author, together with
Robert Fletcher, of ‘The Conservation Revolution: Radical Ideas for Saving
Nature Beyond The Anthropocene’, forthcoming with Verso in 2020.
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*Tea/coffee will be served downstairs at 03:30pm*
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Madhavi Latha G
The Academy for Conservation Science and Sustainability Studies
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE),
Royal Enclave, Srirampura, Jakkur PO
Bangalore 560064, India
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Phone: +91-80-23635555 Extn: 121
Fax: +91-80-23530070
E-mail: madhavi@xxxxxxxxx
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Madhavi Latha G
The Academy for Conservation Science and Sustainability Studies
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE),
Royal Enclave, Srirampura, Jakkur PO
Bangalore 560064, India
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Phone: +91-80-23635555 Extn: 121
Fax: +91-80-23530070
E-mail: madhavi@xxxxxxxxx
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Madhavi Latha G
The Academy for Conservation Science and Sustainability Studies
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE),
Royal Enclave, Srirampura, Jakkur PO
Bangalore 560064, India
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Phone: +91-80-23635555 Extn: 121
Fax: +91-80-23530070
E-mail: madhavi@xxxxxxxxx
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