Geography 497PA - S-ProtectdAreas/IndigenousPpl

Development and implementation of rights-based conservation and "new paradigm" protected area policy by Indigenous peoples, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), state parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), and NGOs. Re-conceptualizations of protected area goals and governance, promotion of good governance and rights recognition, and political ecology critiques of "protection paradigm," "community-based conservation" and integrated conservation and development approaches. Analysis of experience in diverse parts of the world with "new approaches," emphasizing Indigenous peoples' and community conserved areas (ICCAs) and shared governance arrangements. Current initiatives by IUCN, CBD, UN human rights monitoring mechanism, the Global Environment Facility, the ICCA Consortium, Indigenous peoples and Indigenous peoples' networks, and prominent conservation NGOs.