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Empowering or alienating communities: conservation in Maasailand, East Africa

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dc.contributor.authorGoldman, Mara J., speaker
dc.contributor.authorUnidentified speaker
dc.coverage.spatialMaasiland
dc.coverage.spatialKenya
dc.coverage.spatialTanzania
dc.date.accessioned2007-01-03T04:55:37Z
dc.date.available2007-01-03T04:55:37Z
dc.date.issued2011-09
dc.descriptionPresented at the Fall 2011 Center for Collaborative Conservation (https://collaborativeconservation.org/) Seminar and Discussion Series, "Collaborative Conservation in Practice: Indigenous Peoples and Conservation", September 20, 2011, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado. This series focused on Indigenous Peoples and Conservation.
dc.descriptionMara J. Goldman is an assistant professor in the Department of Geography and a research associate in the environment and society program at the Institute for Behavioral Science at the University of Colorado-Boulder. Mara's research has focused on the interface of human-environment relations and critical geographies of conservation and development, with a regional focus in East Africa. She works primarily in Tanzania, and to some extent in Kenya, with members of the Maasai ethnic group. Her work addresses the politics of knowledge and participation as related to wildlife conservation interventions and rangeland management, changing pastoral livelihood and communication practices, and empowerment and governance issues within Maasai communities. She is co-editor (with Matthew Turner and Paul Nadasdy), of Knowing Nature: Conversations at the Intersection of Political Ecology and Science Studies (2010: University of Chicago Press).
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dc.description.abstractRangelands used by Maasai pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in northern Tanzania and southern Kenya also provide essential wet season forage for various wildlife species. In an effort to assure the continued availability of such pastures for wildlife, various forms of community-based conservation have been implemented throughout Maasai village lands. Costs, benefits, and community participation processes vary with the model used and the communities involved. I compare and contrast the different approaches to highlight how conservation interventions can be either empowering or alienating to the communities at hand. I suggest that participation based on respect for local knowledge and skills is key to empowering communities through conservation. I also argue that participation as well as the degree to which a project is succeeding at benefiting pastoralists is related to whether or not it is succeeding at protecting wildlife.
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/46017
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartofFall 2011
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dc.subjectalienation
dc.subjectempowerment
dc.subjectnational parks
dc.subjectcommunity based conservation
dc.subjectecosystem services
dc.subjectMaasailand
dc.subjectTanzania
dc.subjectKenya
dc.subjectwildlife conservation
dc.titleEmpowering or alienating communities: conservation in Maasailand, East Africa
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