This article examines discourses of indigeneity and rurality that define and classify different categories of resource users in the context of Mikea Forest environmental governance. Many Malagasy peoples live in, have deep cultural ties with, and directly depend on the island’s forests, but Mikea people are the only to be legally recognized as ‘indigenous peoples’ as defined by Operational Directive 4.20 of the World Bank. In policy documents, scholarship, and media productions, Mikea people are represented as a small, culturally distinct population of primitive forest foragers. In contrast, other subsistence producers living in the region are represented as invasive and harmful to Mikea people and the Mikea Forest environment. However, the...
Most people in forest and rural areas manage trees as part of their livelihood systems. The resultin...
This article analyses Malagasy notions of land as heritage through the concept of fomba gasy, known ...
Recent literature lauding indigenous ‘localism’ has led to the proliferation of local resource manag...
This article examines discourses of indigeneity and rurality that define and classify different cate...
In conservation discourse Madagascar is often portrayed as an environmental battleground; over 80% ...
In this article, I bring together work in political ecology and environmental anthropology to examin...
Most people in forest and rural areas manage trees as part of their livelihood systems. The resultin...
This paper explores local experiences of private - sector led community - based nature conservation ...
This lectio introduces the thesis ‘This Is A Good Place’: Tsimihety place making, knowledge hierarch...
This dissertation examines forest conservation efforts in Madagascar through the practices and meani...
The Forest and the Sakalava Animal Raisers of Menabe, Madagascar. The problem of landclearing in Me...
This dissertation focuses on understanding the socioeconomic impacts of Community Based Conservation...
This project examines the historical roots of deforestation during Madagascar\u27s colonial period i...
Since the 1980s Madagascar has experienced increasing international attention promoting conservation...
In the imagination of people worldwide, the island of Madagascar is synonymous with beautiful rainfo...
Most people in forest and rural areas manage trees as part of their livelihood systems. The resultin...
This article analyses Malagasy notions of land as heritage through the concept of fomba gasy, known ...
Recent literature lauding indigenous ‘localism’ has led to the proliferation of local resource manag...
This article examines discourses of indigeneity and rurality that define and classify different cate...
In conservation discourse Madagascar is often portrayed as an environmental battleground; over 80% ...
In this article, I bring together work in political ecology and environmental anthropology to examin...
Most people in forest and rural areas manage trees as part of their livelihood systems. The resultin...
This paper explores local experiences of private - sector led community - based nature conservation ...
This lectio introduces the thesis ‘This Is A Good Place’: Tsimihety place making, knowledge hierarch...
This dissertation examines forest conservation efforts in Madagascar through the practices and meani...
The Forest and the Sakalava Animal Raisers of Menabe, Madagascar. The problem of landclearing in Me...
This dissertation focuses on understanding the socioeconomic impacts of Community Based Conservation...
This project examines the historical roots of deforestation during Madagascar\u27s colonial period i...
Since the 1980s Madagascar has experienced increasing international attention promoting conservation...
In the imagination of people worldwide, the island of Madagascar is synonymous with beautiful rainfo...
Most people in forest and rural areas manage trees as part of their livelihood systems. The resultin...
This article analyses Malagasy notions of land as heritage through the concept of fomba gasy, known ...
Recent literature lauding indigenous ‘localism’ has led to the proliferation of local resource manag...