Indigenous forest destroyers or guardians? The indigenous Batwa and their ancestral forests in Kahuzi-Biega National Park, DRC

FOL Simpson, K Titeca, L Pellegrini, T Muller… - World Development, 2025 - Elsevier
This paper makes a significant empirical contribution to our understanding of the complex
relations between indigenous people and nature. It builds on the literature on environmental …

[HTML][HTML] Ecological and social justice should proceed hand-in-hand in conservation

H Washington, JJ Piccolo, H Kopnina… - Biological Conservation, 2024 - Elsevier
We highlight the need for ecological justice and ecological ethics to go hand in hand with
social justice in conservation science. We focus on the importance of ecocentric (non …

[HTML][HTML] Community mobilization at the convergence of conservation and extraction

AP Asiyanbi, E Ogar - Geoforum, 2023 - Elsevier
This article examines the mobilization of local communities within spaces of conservation-
extraction convergence in an African context. We draw on ethnographic research from the …

[LIVRE][B] Armed actors and environmental peacebuilding: Lessons from Eastern DRC

J Verweijen, P Schouten, FOL Simpson - 2022 - research.rug.nl
This report argues that integrating armed actors into the study and practice of environmental
peacebuilding is crucial for placing the field on a firmer conceptual footing and for improving …

Negotiating the legitimacy of conservation at mining frontiers: Evidence from Madagascar and the DR Congo

M Vuola, FOL Simpson - Journal of Political Ecology, 2024 - researchportal.helsinki.fi
Political ecologists are increasingly interested in the dynamics of power and authority where
mining and conservation converge. We contribute to this emerging literature by applying …

Comparative Study of Climate Change Adaptation Practices in Conflict-Affected Mountain Areas of Africa

GKR Baderha, ROK Tchoffo, ASK Ngute… - Mountain Research and …, 2024 - BioOne
People living in conflict-affected areas are particularly vulnerable to climate-related impacts.
However, few comparative studies have examined differences in adaptation practices …

The case of'double'mining and conservation frontiers: Evidence from DRC and Madagascar

F Simpson, V Marketta - … d'Anvers. Institut de politique et …, 2021 - repository.uantwerpen.be
This article contributes to the literature on commodity frontiers by providing evidence from
locales where two different frontiers overlap. We focus on intersecting commodity frontiers …

[LIVRE][B] For the Sake of Forests and Gods: Governing Life and Livelihood in the Philippine Uplands

WH Dressler - 2025 - degruyter.com
For the Sake of Forests and Gods documents the consequences of nonstate actors
im**ing on the existence of Indigenous peoples in the remote highlands of Palawan …

Customary Rights and the New Conservation Paradigm in the Context of the Conflict in Kahuzi Biega National Park in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

PM Isumbisho, JDDM Mokoso… - East African Journal …, 2023 - journals.eanso.org
This paper examines the Kahuzi Biega National Park (PNKB) Development and
Management Plan 2009-2018, the revised version of 2013, in accordance with the …

[PDF][PDF] The Political Ecology of Conservation amidst Violent Conflict

CM Henzler - 2021 - thesis.eur.nl
Nature conservation can often be contested and it is even more so in the settings of ongoing
violent conflicts. While studies have long recognized the importance of conservation areas …