Developing Countries and the Implementation of CITES: The Mexican Experience

Arroyo-Quiroz, Inés; Pérez-Gil, Ramón; Leader‐Williams, Nigel

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“…The accession to CITES is commonly interpreted by conservationists within the country as an indicator of "international pressure" rather than a demonstration of state commitment to sustainable use of biodiversity. The discrepancy between policy commitments and practice is not surprising considering that CITES meetings are themselves often dominated by matters of politics and economic matters, despite the public appeals for conservation (Arroyo-Quiroz et al 2005). Experienced CITES observers are well aware of the dominance of politics at international conventions (Favre 1993: 901).…”

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“…In doing so, I do not deny the influence of international conservation interests in shaping policy in developing countries (e.g. Arroyo-Quiroz et al 2005;Sand 1997). Yet I do question critiques of conservation that overly emphasize the hegemonic aspects of international institutions.…”

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“…Indeed, most studies have been done by conservationists (Ginsberg 2002;Nooren and Claridge 2001), political scientists (Miyaoka 2004;Stoett 2002Stoett , 2005 and policy makers (Dickson 1999;Favre 1993;Sand 1997). In these and other studies, localized patterns of trade, and international policy negotiations, have received much more attention than the interplay between them in specific national contexts (Arroyo-Quiroz et al 2005). This is where political ecology's engagement with a diversity of disciplinary perspectives, and its attention to the multi-scaled politics of resource control, offers a valuable addition to an understanding of wildlife trade as a social and environmental concern (Forsyth 2003;Paulson et al 2003).…”

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“…12 An ongoing challenge for CITES is actually achieving outcomes that will ensure the sustainability of wildlife trade while avoiding accusations of cultural imperialism (Arroyo-Quiroz et al 2005;Ginsberg 2002;Hutton and Leader-Williams 2003;Stoett 2002).…”

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“…Furthermore, public fears about criminal activity and disease risks can be harnessed to support strict anti-trade views in the name of conservation, even while other conservationists decry such suggestions. 13 Regulation of wildlife trade, though based on scientific expertise, must be recognized as a value-laden issue, an assertion of how people should behave and why (Arroyo-Quiroz et al 2005;Bell et al 2007;Dickson 1999;Miyaoka 2004;Stoett 2002). The debates over values within CITES brings into question public understanding of this system as a united moral and scientific system, and it cautions against critiques of conservation that are based on such representations.…”

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Contesting moralities: the politics of wildlife trade in Laos

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2008

Journal of Political Ecology

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This article examines the intricacy within stylized debates that surround conservation and the regulation of wildlife trade in Southeast Asia. Illegal and unregulated trade in wildlife has been characterized by conservation groups as a great risk for wildlife worldwide and the prime threat for remaining wildlife populations in Laos. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) is the centrepoint of the global discourse on wildlife trade. Popular representations of wildlife trade promoted by conservation organizations construct an image of regulation through CITES as a global necessity. The assumed morality of such interventions can provoke counter accusations about the immorality of impositions by Western conservationists. Yet both of these competing representations of wildlife trade regulation encourage externally-focused moralized debates that obscure the internal dynamics within global conservation, national policy formation and local practice. Recognition of the simplifications that characterize these three domains cautions against any idealized contrast between global hegemony and local resistance in critical studies of conservation. Instead, the focus becomes the contestation that is often hidden within such dichotomies. Keywords: Conservation, wildlife, Lao PDR, CITES

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Jootik Ta Lum Kinal (Mayan Tzeltal)—To’on Yejer Ru’um (Mayan Lacandon) Nosotros y la Tierra (Spanish)—We and the Earth

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Understanding investment in biodiversity conservation in Mexico

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Quiroz²,

Ramírez

2008

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Documenting financial resources in biodiversity conservation is a key aspect worldwide in order to set priorities and use effectively the limited resources available. In Mexico, a megadiverse country, studies on financial resources invested in biodiversity conservation are scarce and do not address funding for conservation comprehensively. Using recent data from several sources and applying criteria based on the national priorities for conservation, we compiled, systematized and analyzed data at a national scale on financing sources, financial resources and conservation organizations and their projects. The information obtained is presented in various ways and part of it (case study) is already an information system that can be continuously up-dated. Some of the results show the following: a steady diversification of mechanisms and methods for raising funds for conservation; an increase in governmental budgets; the acknowledgment by the private sector of the importance of biodiversity conservation; a greater technical capacity in people and organizations working in conservation; a greater accessibility of financial resources to support and maintain conservation projects; yet a short term vision in conservation projects; among other. Although the results obtained through this study are a first approach, they can now be used as a baseline to continue gathering and analyzing information on conservation financing in Mexico.

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Developing Countries and the Implementation of CITES: The Mexican Experience

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Contesting moralities: the politics of wildlife trade in Laos

Contesting moralities: the politics of wildlife trade in Laos

Jootik Ta Lum Kinal (Mayan Tzeltal)—To’on Yejer Ru’um (Mayan Lacandon) Nosotros y la Tierra (Spanish)—We and the Earth

Understanding investment in biodiversity conservation in Mexico

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