Duffy, R. orcid.org/0000-0002-6779-7240 (2022) Crime, security, and illegal wildlife trade : political ecologies of international conservation. Global Environmental Politics, 22 (2). pp. 23-44. ISSN 1526-3800
Abstract
This article takes a political ecology approach to understanding the integration of conservation with security in tackling the illegal wildlife trade. It builds on political ecology debates on militarization by connecting it to the dynamics of global environmental politics, specifically the discursive and material support from donors, governments, and conservation nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). The combined effects of a highly competitive funding environment and security concerns of governments has produced a context in which NGOs strategically invoke the idea of the illegal wildlife trade as a security threat. For donors and governments, tackling the illegal wildlife trade is a means through which they can address security threats. However, this has material outcomes for marginalized peoples living with wildlife, including militarization, human rights abuses, enhanced surveillance, and law enforcement.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Global Environmental Politics. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Politics and International Relations (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number European Commission - HORIZON 2020 694995 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 19 May 2022 10:03 |
Last Modified: | 20 May 2022 08:34 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | MIT Press |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1162/glep_a_00645 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:187065 |