Population Displacement Inside Protected Areas: A Redefinition of Concepts in Conservation Policies
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| Author(s) | Cernea, M. |
| Date | March 2006 |
| Reference type | Journal Article |
| Source name | Policy Matters |
| Journal | Vol 14 |
| Pages | pp. 8-26 |
| Publisher | IUCN |
Summary
After considerable review of empirical data and evaluation analyses, the World Bank, the African Development Bank and other agencies came to the conclusion that people living in protected areas are made materially worse off and impoverished by the introduction of 'restriction of access' to natural resources, enforced as part of conservation projects. This article describes and discusses a significant recent policy revision and development, adopted by the multilateral development banks as a response to that understanding, which has direct relevance for international conservation activities. The revised policy redefines 'restricted access' to certain resources in protected areas as a form of involuntary population displacement, even if the affected groups are not physically relocated. This broadens the definition of 'dis-placement', beyond its usual acceptation as geographic relocation, to include also occupational and economic dislocation, and requires commensurate economic reconstruction activities. In light of the above policy developments, conservation organizations need to consider issuing their own self-binding policy prescriptions to prevent impoverishment in protected areas and, specifically, ruinous displacements.
Themes
Protected areas
Indigenous and Local Community Rights
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http://www.iucn.org/themes/ceesp/Publications/newsletter/Section%20I-part%201.pdf
Related records above this one:
- World Bank (Organisation O0145)