OVER 95% OF the world’s high-biodiversity areas overlap geographically with lands claimed by culturally diverse peoples. But all is not well in these lands of biocultural diversity. The ‘Lands of Beauty’ overlap with poverty and corruption. And they overlap with the territory of a Beast that has increasing dominion to determine the life or death of Beauty.
The ‘Beast’ is an unexpected one – public and private conservation agencies – a surprise for most people who believe conservation agencies unquestionably represent the defence of Beauty. Yet biodiversity conservation is increasingly viewed ...
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