Description
When it comes the major environmental crises of our time, we seem to have moved into a new phase: we are no longer warned that they are coming; they are already here and are having major impacts on human and nonhuman life. As the warnings and discourses become stronger and more explicit, we see actors scrambling to come to terms with this new reality and asking how to move forward. With respect to the global biodiversity crisis, this is well reflected in the conservation community. Indeed, over the last years we have seen the rise of several radical proposals for reforming conservation, culminating in the Kunming-Montreal ‘30x30’ biodiversity framework. In this presentation, Bram Büscher reflects on and evaluates these conservation proposals and the Kunming-Montreal framework. He argues that while they hold some seeds for radical change they are far from sufficient. Building on these reflections, he proposes an alternative vision under the banner of ‘convivial conservation’. Convivial conservation starts from a political ecological position centered on a critique of capitalism, the inequalities it creates and how it alienates humans from the rest of nature. It builds on this to turn conservation into a force that promotes rather than protects, that celebrates rather than saves, and that is recognized as an important element of creating a more equal global society. The presentation ends by positing ideas and questions on how convivial conservation could be operationalized in the North American context.| Period | 13 Nov 2024 |
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| Held at | University of Toronto, Canada |
| Degree of Recognition | Regional |