Guidance on Conservation and Human Rights
Stephanie Brittain
Hi all,
I’m pleased to share this resource I’ve contributed to: Conservation and Human Rights: An Introduction
transformativepathways.net/conservation-and-human-rights-an-introduction
This guide was created for conservation professionals who want to better understand the relationship between conservation and human rights, especially the rights of Indigenous peoples and local communities. While the topic has been widely discussed over the past decades, much of the available material remains high-level and aimed at institutions. This guide is made for practitioners and grounded in practice.
This guidance is in three parts:
- Part 1 introduces the rights-based commitments embedded in the 2022 Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
- Part 2 explains key international legal and voluntary standards relevant to conservation
- Part 3 provides practical tools and approaches for ‘doing no harm’ and actively supporting rights-holders in conservation
It also confronts the legacy of fortress conservation and the harms that continue to be carried out in its name today, despite decades of promises to shift toward more inclusive, just approaches.
A recent review in PARKS called the guide “especially appropriate and much needed,” and praised its role in “prodding us to move from a deeper understanding of legal and policy frameworks to a thoughtful and practical application of human rights in conservation.”
Read the review in PARKS
Thanks to the brilliant team behind this, and the leadership of Dr Helen Newing.
For more information on the Transformative Pathways project, please visit our website: https://transformativepathways.net
Best wishes,
Steph
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Dr Stephanie Brittain (she/her)
Research Fellow
Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science (ICCS) | Junior Research Fellow at Linacre College, University of Oxford | President of the Social Science Working Group | Honorary Member ICCA consortium
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