| Protected
Areas. Protected
Against Whom?
by Oilwatch and
World Rainforest Movement.
This publication has been jointly produced
by Oilwatch and the World Rainforest Movement for dissemination at the
Seventh Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
which will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 9-20 February 2004.
The book contains information disseminated
in different formats by both organizations and most of the articles
have been previously published in the electronic bulletins of Oilwatch
("Resistance") and the World Rainforest Movement's Bulletin.
The level of detail and analysis in the articles
varies greatly, as a consequence of the nature of the bulletins, which
are intended to serve as a tool, both for individuals and organisations
acting on a local level and for those working on an international scale.
However we believe that they can all serve to generate a better understanding
on the complicated issue of protected areas.
We have not included the numerous sources
of information on which the various articles were based, due to a lack
of space. However, those who are interested in accessing these sources
may do so either through the WRM web page (entering the "bulletin"
area and looking for the year and month corresponding to the article
in question) or through the Oilwatch web page.
Responsibility for this publication is shared
between the editors of "Resistance" (Elizabeth Bravo, Oilwatch)
and the WRM Bulletin (Ricardo Carrere, WRM) and the numerous individuals
and institutions who contributed articles or relevant information for
the preparation of articles. Errors that may have been made are the
exclusive responsibility of Oilwatch and WRM.
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Contents:
ABOUT THIS BOOK
FROM YOSEMITE AND YELLOWSTONE TO KUALA LUMPUR
World Rainforest Movement
- Wilderness Parks or Community Conservation?
- The Sorry Story of the World's First National Park
- Protected Areas and Indigenous Peoples
- Mining Companies Muscle in on Protected Areas
- The Vth World Parks Congress: Parks for People or Parks for Business?
OIL ACTIVITIES IN PROTECTED AREAS
Oilwatch
- Oil Exploitation and the Biodiversity
Convention
- Biodiversity Conservation... For Whom?
- Governmental Hypocrisy in Protected Areas
- Protected Areas and the Sale of Environmental Services
PROBLEMS RELATED TO PROTECTED AREAS AROUND THE
WORLD
Oilwatch & WRM
LATIN AMERICA
The vision of the Indigenous organization
COICA of protected areas
Meso-America: Indigenous Peoples’ Declaration regarding protected
areas
The Meso-American Biological Corridor: Conservation or appropriation?
Argentina
Argentina: The end of the Green Corridor?
Argentina: Provincial government authorizes oil exploration in Llancanelo
Bolivia
Bolivia: Government starts inspection phase of Cuiaba gas pipeline
Bolivia: Protected areas at the disposal of oil companies
Brazil
Brazil: NGOs oppose WWF-World Bank's 10% Campaign
Brazil: Pataxo recover traditional lands
Brazil: Monte Pascoal National Park belongs to the Pataxo
Brazil: Say what they say, Monte Pascoal belongs to the Pataxó
Brazil: The struggle of the Pataxó indigenous peoples in Bahia
Ecuador
Ecuador: An endangered Protected Area. The Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve
and Alberta Energy Oil Company
Ecuador: Oil spill in Papallacta endangers Protected Area
Guatemala
Guatemala: Maya Biosphere Reserve under threat
Guatemala: Campaign against oil activities in Maya Biosphere Reserve
Guatemala: Actions to defend natural reserve against oil exploitation
Guyana
Guyana: Conservation International accused of "gross disrespect"
to indigenous peoples
Honduras
Honduras: Only the fury of nature?
Honduras: Action to protect mangrove forests and wetlands against shrimp
farming
Honduras: Rio Platano Reserve questioned
Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Indigenous peoples' rights and the Bosawas Reserve
Panama
Panama: Protected areas vs. indigenous peoples
Peru
Peru: Visit to a ‘Potato Park’
Venezuela
Venezuela: Forest reserve under threat
Venezuela: Alert on Imataca Reserve
Venezuela: Ghost companies in Itamaca Rainforest Reserve
Venezuela: Highway blockade against electric transmission line
Venezuela: The Pemons' struggle
AFRICA
Tribal Peoples Pay High Price for Wilderness
Protection
Impacts of Protected Areas on Indigenous Peoples
Cameroon
Cameroon: Baka losing out to Lobéké and Boumba National
Parks
Cameroon: Baka livelihoods damaged by EU-funded Protected Areas
Congo, DR
Congo, DR: The case of the Twa of the Kahuzi-Biega National Park
Congo, R
Congo, Republic: Apes suffer from marriage between loggers and conservationists
Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire: The sacred forest, a community protected area
Gabon
Gabon: Polemic agreement on the Lope Reserve
Gabon: Oil activities in Gamba and Rabi Protected Areas
Ghana
Ghana: Protected areas at the expense of people do not guarantee conservation
Kenya
Kenya: Local peoples' land rights ignored
Kenya: International campaign for the Ogiek
Mauritania
Mauritania: An Australian consortium in the National Park and Natural
Heritage Banc D'Arguin
Senegal
Senegal: Government limits mining as a means to protecting forests
South Africa
South Africa: Sustainability, Protected Areas, and development
South Africa: Protected areas for whom?
Tanzania
Tanzania: Preservation results in human rights abuses
Tanzania: Human rights, social justice and conservation
Togo
Togo: Community rights and forest conservation
ASIA
Bangladesh
Bangladesh: "Save Sundarban, Save people through empowered community
participation"
India
India: Wildlife conservation and people's rights
India: People versus nature or World Bank and government versus people?
India: An outdated approach to national parks and people
India: Indigenous peoples victims of "conservation" at Rajive
Gandhi National Park
India: Mining and plantations put National Park at risk
Indonesia
Indonesia: Campaign against illegal logging in national parks
Indonesia: Sulawesi targeted for exploitation
Indonesia: Mounting opposition to mining in protected areas
Indonesia: The Dayak people in the first co-managed Protected Area
Malaysia
Malaysia: Penan indigenous people and protected areas
Philippines
Philippines: Indigenous peoples’s rights-based approach to conservation
Thailand
Thailand: Two opposite approaches to forest conservation
Thailand: The struggle of forest peoples to remain in the forest
Thailand: The racism behind the modern conservation paradigm
Vietnam
Vietnam: Highway project would gravely affect protected areas
Vietnam: Road-building threatens Phong Nha Nature Reserve
Vietnam: Na Hang dam – the reality of sustainable development?
BEYOND THE TROPICS
Pakistan
Pakistan: Khirtar National Park, a campaign brief
Russia
Russia: If trees are family, an oil pipeline is ungodly
USA
USA: The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
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