Conquest and colonialism agendas behind UN endorsed biodiversity framework
January 26, 2023
Conservation has now shed the altruistic cloak it has worn so ably for nearly a century and a half
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Conservation has now shed the altruistic cloak it has worn so ably for nearly a century and a half
Since I divested myself of the childish notion that conservation is a biological science, I have been closely involved in the struggle to actualize the
Feudal systems absolve their subjects of the responsibility of thinking
The impact of climate change is global. Therefore, as Africans, we shouldn’t be under any illusion that the emphasis on our home is a result of the West’s love for us
Western academia has realized that Africa is a rich repository of knowledge and ideas, particularly in the area of sustainable use, or conservation of natural resources
“We are a society psychologically beholden to the western gaze. If white people say we are leaders, then that is definitely what we consider ourselves to be.”
The weakness of our institutions is only regarded as a problem by those who aren’t immediate beneficiaries thereof, resulting in a clamour for inclusion, rather than change
We are living in a strange miasma where the opposition have joined the government and shunted a part of the government aside.
Conservation has now shed the altruistic cloak it has worn so ably for nearly a century and a half
Since I divested myself of the childish notion that conservation is a biological science, I have been closely involved in the struggle to actualize the
Feudal systems absolve their subjects of the responsibility of thinking
The impact of climate change is global. Therefore, as Africans, we shouldn’t be under any illusion that the emphasis on our home is a result of the West’s love for us
Western academia has realized that Africa is a rich repository of knowledge and ideas, particularly in the area of sustainable use, or conservation of natural resources
“We are a society psychologically beholden to the western gaze. If white people say we are leaders, then that is definitely what we consider ourselves to be.”
The weakness of our institutions is only regarded as a problem by those who aren’t immediate beneficiaries thereof, resulting in a clamour for inclusion, rather than change
We are living in a strange miasma where the opposition have joined the government and shunted a part of the government aside.
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