When conservation goes wrong
In some areas, conservationists have contributed to dislodging people who have lived sustainably for generations. Anthropologist Jerome Lewis saw this happen to the BaYaka Pygmies, who had lived in the forests of Central Africa’s Congo Basin for some 55,000 years. “The formerly active, well-fed and lively BaYaka are now often malnourished, depressed and alcoholic casual laborers dwelling on the edges of their former territories, terrorized by so-called eco-guards and subjected to commercial and sexual exploitation by outsiders.” In various parts of the world, new programmes are now attempting a better approach.
Scientific American | 20 min read
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