The discourse of conservation and racism: an analysis from Montes de María
This paper attempts to show -some tensions between conservation discourse, multiculturalism and racist prejudices, considering the case of the Montes de María in the Colombian Caribbean as a point of reference, where biodiversity cooperation projects have taken place, and local initiatives for its conservation exist. We describe three levels at which racist biases can be found in conservation discourse and the tensions that characterize them, associated with ideas of resistance and community and the need for correction of practices by forest dwellers. The purpose of these reflections is to question the discourse of conservation and multiculturalism to broaden the perspectives in the face of the actions for the conservation and the ethnic-farmer struggles in the high mountain of Montes de María, probably similar to other cases in Latin America.
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Conservation, Biodiversity, Multiculturalism, Racism, Montes de María, Colombian CaribbeanIssue
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