dc.contributor.author |
Garcia, Celina |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2008-09-17T22:19:49Z |
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dc.date.available |
2008-09-17T22:19:49Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2007 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
THESIS |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/2925 |
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dc.description |
Restricted Item. Print thesis available in the University of Auckland Library or may be available through Interlibrary Loan. |
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dc.description.abstract |
The current trend for off-park conservation represents a new compromise in nature-society relations that extends conventional environmental protection approaches to new territories and discourses, including habitat protection projects on private lands in the 'borderlands' of previously established protected areas. Despite the apparent realignment of conservation agendas
with the development needs of indigenous communities in these 'alternative
socio-natural arrangements,' environmental conflict persists in 'new' spaces
of conservation. Recent critics have highlighted that insufficient economic
incentives deter landowner participation in such conservation schemes as habitat protection on private land. Yet these analyses do not fully explain the limited appeal of habitat protection initiatives. In this thesis, I employ a political ecology perspective to explore the politics of indigenous forest protection on Maori land in the borderlands of Te Urewera National Park.
Through this examination I argue that a failure to address the social complexities of conservation leads to the persistence of conflict in 'new' spaces of conservation. In particular, the porous and frequently contested nature of protected area boundaries indicates that unresolved tensions
between conservation agendas and indigenous peoples' rights to self governance will inevitably affect the willingness of local communities to undertake conservation activities on lands adjoining conservation territories. This suggests 'the need to move beyond analyses which focus on reparation
and private property rights as explanations for continued resistance in new conservation spaces. Instead, greater recognition of the role of indigenous polities is needed in conservation debates. Given the importance of
addressing both social and ecological objectives in new conservation models,
recognising the role and place of indigeneity in natural resource debates may
prove a necessary step towards achieving conservation with social justice. |
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dc.publisher |
ResearchSpace@Auckland |
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dc.relation.isreferencedby |
UoA1784071 |
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dc.rights |
Restricted Item. Print thesis available in the University of Auckland Library or may be available through Interlibrary Loan. |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.title |
Conservation beyond park boundaries : the politics of indigenous forest protection in Te Urewera |
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dc.type |
Thesis |
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thesis.degree.grantor |
The University of Auckland |
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thesis.degree.level |
Masters |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/ClosedAccess |
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dc.identifier.wikidata |
Q112870155 |
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