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The ideas and organisational forms that we deploy to “save nature” are important. This is because they have the potential to shape the world that we live in. will explore the “shades of green” that emerge from mainstream approaches to global conservation, as seen in the practices of big international non-government organisations (BINGOs), like the World Wildlife Fund and Conservation International. These groups capture a significant portion of global conservation funding, meaning that their organisational practices and policy ideas have broad significance, not least for people’s land rights in rural areas of the Global South.

In her new book, “”, Milne examines the day-to-day operations and ethical consequences of mainstream global conservation. Drawing from a decade of ethnographic observation and practical experience, mainly with Conservation International in Cambodia, Milne reveals how big international NGOs struggle in the face of complexity. In particular, she shows how policy ideas like PES and REDD+ are transformed on the ground, often with perverse side-effects. Her findings prompt questions about how global conservation practice could be transformed for better and more ethical outcomes.

Program
Sarah’s presentation and comments from a respondent will be followed by a break and then a plenary discussion.

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Margareta Espling margareta.espling@geography.gu.se
Robin Biddulph robin.biddulph@geography.gu.se

Website
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