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Locality of tension: The entry of community into biodiversity

Explore the entry of communities into biodiversity and the struggles they face. Indigenous communities play a crucial role in preserving biodiversity and should be recognized as important partners. This article highlights the need to treat biological diversity as a global resource and explores the tensions between local and global perspectives.

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Locality of tension: The entry of community into biodiversity

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  1. Andreas Kotsakis, London School of Economics 10/12/2007 Locality of tension: The entry of community into biodiversity

  2. In pursuit of “genetic gold” Global vs. Local (vs. National?) Articulation of struggles in terms of biodiversity Entry of community into biodiversity

  3. “... These communities, environmental managers with immense ecological knowledge, are crucial partners in our efforts” “Indigenous communities have been stewards of biological diversity for millennia, responsible for preserving or even increasing biodiversity through their traditional management practices” Environmental managers

  4. (Art.2) “variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic systems and the ecological complexes of which they are part; this includes diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems” • (Art.2) “biological resources includes genetic resources, organisms or parts thereof, populations, or any other biotic component of ecosystems with actual or potential use or value for humanity” BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

  5. “Biological diversity must be treated more seriously as a global resource, to be indexed, used, and above all, preserved” A GLOBAL RESOURCE

  6. Small spatial unit Homogeneous social structure Shared norms (Agrawal & Gibson 1999) “a living museum” “an enclave of authenticity” Abstract community

  7. Rejection of natural reserves/parks/protected areas • From North to South We are all stakeholders now! Biodiversity & community

  8. Marginalisation of local and indigenous communities Normalization of the environmental manager Struggle for resources transformed into struggle for identity Effects

  9. Politically significant actor/agent = ability to define terms of own survival • Historical agency = engage in contestation and interpretation of reality • Participation in a dynamic present = recognition of ability to co-evolve along with surrounding environments • Cultural autonomy from the “opposites” (global, national, urban) of the local and indigenous “other” Locality of tension

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