Overview

Offering insights on violence in conservation in Africa, this timely book demonstrates how and why the state pursues conservation objectives to the detriment of its citizens. It focuses on how the dehumanization of black people and indigenous groups, the insertion of global green agendas onto the continent, a lack of resource sovereignty, and neoliberal conservation account for why violence is a permanent feature of conservation in Africa.   Chapters uncover various forms of violence experienced on the continent, revealing the local and global conditions that enable them, and propose pathways towards non-violent conservation. The book concludes that the ideology of conservation is also an ideology about people. Crucially, it highlights the implications of increasing investment in violent instruments and the institutionalization of militarized approaches for conservation, the state, and ordinary people.   Scholars and students of political ecology and environmental policy and planning will greatly benefit from this book’s drawing together of perspectives encompassing green violence and the militarization of conservation. It will also be an invigorating read for African studies researchers looking at coloniality and the re-evaluation of the African state, particularly through the lens of nature conservation.

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Author:   Maano Ramutsindela ,  Frank Matose ,  Tafadzwa Mushonga
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.542kg
ISBN:  

9781800885608

ISBN 10:   1800885601
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   14 January 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents: Preface xii PART I DIMENSIONS OF VIOLENT CONSERVATION IN AFRICA 1 Conservation and violence in Africa 2 Maano Ramutsindela, Frank Matose and Tafadzwa Mushonga PART II THE MILITARIZATION OF CONSERVATION 2 The state and contested natural resources in Africa 23 Frank Matose, Dina Dabo, Tichayana Konono and Simphiwe Tsawu 3 The violence of greening the state in Africa 38 Emmanuel Mogende and Maano Ramutsindela 4 The coloniality of crisis conservation : the transnationalization and militarization of Virunga National Park from an historical perspective 53 Esther Marijnen 5 Violent forests, local people and the role of the state in Zimbabwe 73 Tafadzwa Mushonga 6 The new turn in the militarization of conservation in Cameroon, Central Africa 90 Guy Patrice Dkamela and Samuel Nguiffo PART III LOCAL IMPACT AND AGENCY 7 'We just saw the fence': infrastructural violence, fencing and the legacy of South Africa's bantustan 113 Amber Abrams 8 Postcolonialism, protected areas and Basarwa of Central Kalahari Game Reserve 134 Joseph E. Mbaiwa and Olekae T. Thakadu 9 Green violence along the value chain of illicit trade 155 Shaun Cozett 10 Transgression and the making of local heroes in Mozambique: the conflict of contested illegality 168 Nelisiwe L. Vundla PART IV ALTERNATIVES 11 Protecting (with) Mount Mabo: is another form of nature conservation possible? 188 Anselmo Matusse 12 Princess Vlei - a story of entangled vitality 203 Tania Katzschner and Bridget Pitt 13 Non-violent conservation: the need and possibilities 223 Maano Ramutsindela, Tafadzwa Mushonga and Frank Matose Index

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'The Violence of Conservation in Africa presents a sobering assessment of the toll in human suffering paid by ordinary citizens living in or near Africa's national parks and reserves. The essays reveal the undeniable coloniality of thought permeating twenty-first century nature conservation practices, linking the preservation of Africa's charismatic wildlife to a long history of violence against black bodies . The editors have brought together mostly authors based in African NGOs and universities, giving voice to those close to events on the ground. This is a must read for anyone interested in protecting Africa's biodiversity without sacrificing the human rights of common citizens.' - Rod Neumann, Florida International University, US 'The Violence of Conservation in Africa explores the vexed question of why conservation action in Africa is so often associated with violence and militarisation. Maano Ramutsindela, Frank Matose and Tafadzwa Mushonga have brought together a strong team of African researchers and practitioners to explore this strain of green violence through case studies. In a far-reaching and important book, they ask where conservation violence emerged, why it persists, and whether it is inevitable. They call for a future of non-violence in nature conservation, for the sake of both people and non-human nature.' - Bill Adams, University of Cambridge, UK, and The Graduate Institute, Switzerland

'This volume traces the trajectory of the dominant conservation narratives and approaches in Africa, and reveals the myriad ways in which contemporary conservation ideologies and practices reproduce colonial conservation ideologies and practices. The chapters compiled into this volume illuminate the contradictions and contestations of the dominant conservation approaches, and propose alternatives that can produce beneficial outcomes for both people and nature. This book is an important contribution to our understanding of conservation, and is a must read for those who want to envision a conservation which will guarantee sustainable outcomes.' - James C. Murombedzi, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Ethiopia 'The Violence of Conservation in Africa presents a sobering assessment of the toll in human suffering paid by ordinary citizens living in or near Africa's national parks and reserves. The essays reveal the undeniable coloniality of thought permeating twenty-first century nature conservation practices, linking the preservation of Africa's charismatic wildlife to a long history of violence against black bodies . The editors have brought together mostly authors based in African NGOs and universities, giving voice to those close to events on the ground. This is a must read for anyone interested in protecting Africa's biodiversity without sacrificing the human rights of common citizens.' - Rod Neumann, Florida International University, US 'The Violence of Conservation in Africa explores the vexed question of why conservation action in Africa is so often associated with violence and militarisation. Maano Ramutsindela, Frank Matose and Tafadzwa Mushonga have brought together a strong team of African researchers and practitioners to explore this strain of green violence through case studies. In a far-reaching and important book, they ask where conservation violence emerged, why it persists, and whether it is inevitable. They call for a future of non-violence in nature conservation, for the sake of both people and non-human nature.' - Bill Adams, University of Cambridge, UK, and The Graduate Institute, Switzerland

Author Information

Edited by Maano Ramutsindela, Professor of Geography, Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, Frank Matose, Co-Director, Environmental Humanities South Centre, University of Cape Town and Tafadzwa Mushonga, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria, South Africa

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