Offsetting dispossession? Terrestrial conservation offsets and First Nation treaty rights in Alberta, Canada

Hackett, Ryan

doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2015.01.005

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“…Many PES projects also require supportive policy frameworks within settler/non‐Indigenous jurisdictions, over which IPs may have very little, if any, influence (Greiber ). In the case of the Red River Cree Nation of Alberta, Canada, provincial regulators blocked the Nation's attempt to enter into a carbon sequestration agreement, effectively barring their ability to engage with a PES (Hackett ). This once again demonstrates that PES programs are embedded within the jurisdiction of settler colonial states, making IPs’ success in using PES programs to practice care for their LTR once again subject to the regulations, laws, and policies of colonizing governments.…”

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Indigenous peoples, local communities, and Payments for Ecosystem Services

Smith

Bulkan

Zerriffi

et al. 2019

Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes

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Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) programs are reshaping the governance of ecosystems and natural resources around the world. These programs often occur in spaces that are unceded, contested, or otherwise not legally recognized as Indigenous homelands, customary areas, and territories. Building on the discourses of Indigenous self‐determination, nationhood, and cultural responsibilities, this paper examines how PES programs produce unique outcomes for Indigenous peoples as ecosystem services providers. Our findings demonstrate and substantiate three themes that impact Indigenous ecosystem services providers uniquely: (1) the internationally recognized right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent for Indigenous peoples; (2) the reinforcement of settler colonial jurisdiction; and (3) mismatches between Indigenous knowledges and PES‐type approaches. The ways that PES programs run the risk of reifying and reducing Indigenous knowledges have not yet been adequately considered within current PES approaches. Our findings enable a conceptualization of PES as a new conservation tool within ongoing histories of land management and dispossession by settler colonial governments. We assess the strengths and challenges of PES programs as a departure from previous conservation modalities.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

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Indigenous peoples, local communities, and Payments for Ecosystem Services

Smith

Bulkan

Zerriffi

et al. 2019

Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes

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“…For example, the idea behind conservation offset programs is that 'the ecosystem disturbance and habitat loss associated with development projects should be mitigated through the conservation of substitute areas of similar, or ecologically equivalent, habitat elsewhere' (Hackett, 2015, p. 65). Hackett (2015) explains that these biodiversity or conservation offset programs have become a popular response to the impact of the extractives industry in Alberta, Canada. Currently, there is no governmental regulatory framework to require offset programs.…”

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“…In particular, we examine the concept of 'cultural offsets' as described by Sheppard (2015) to help understand the use of industry funding of cultural and recreational programs in exchange for access to community land for oil and gas development. While there is much research that has critically examined the use of environmental offset programs by the extractives industry (Hackett, 2015), few researchers have considered the use of cultural offsets in this same way. We argue that this is a significant gap in the research.…”

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‘It’s like, we are thankful. But in the other way…they are just killing us too’: community members’ perspectives of the extractives industry’s funding of recreational and cultural programmes in Fort McKay, Alberta

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The growing role of the extractives industry in providing funding for recreational and cultural programmes in exchange for access to Indigenous lands raises some important questions about the impact this has on local community members. Informed by tenets of postcolonial theory and a community-based participatory research methodology, we worked with individuals in a small Indigenous community, Fort McKay, Alberta, Canada, to learn about their perspectives of the role of industry in funding their recreational and cultural programs. Our findings revealed that while many were grateful for this funding, they also felt that industry had a responsibility to fund these programs to offset the negative impacts industry had on their traditional territories. Further, they felt that the provision of these programs does not fully address the loss of access to traditional cultural practices. While proponents of the extractives industry promote funding as a way to increase Indigenous self-determination, our findings show that increased selfdetermination through such arrangements is limited.

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“…Thus Hackett (2015Hackett ( , 2016 describes the 'direct twinning' of forest conservation and oil sands development in Alberta, Canada, where mining corporations fund land purchase for conservation NGOs outside the zone where environmental and social impacts are concentrated. So far, the impacts of neoliberal market-based discourse on financial flows in conservation have been limited (Dempsey and Suarez 2016).…”

Section: Market-based Conservationmentioning

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Sleeping with the enemy? Biodiversity conservation, corporations and the green economy

Adams

2017

Journal of Political Ecology

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This article explores the surprising closeness and apparent warmth of the relations between biodiversity conservation organisations and corporations. It argues that in this paradoxical engagement, conservationists are exhibiting an extreme form of pragmatism -a willingness to 'sleep with the enemy.' The article considers the implications of these arrangements using the metaphor of a Faustian Bargain, a deal with the devil to acquire power in exchange for the soul. It considers the lure to conservationists of the logics underlying collaboration in the forms of market-based neoliberal conservation and the green economy in the light of the long-standing tradition of opposition in the face of the destructive engagement between capitalism and nature. It considers the benefits of conservation of its Faustian bargain, and explores its consequences. Key Words: biodiversity conservation, neoliberal conservation RésuméCet article explore la proximité surprenante et la chaleur apparente des relations entre les organismes de conservation de la biodiversité et les entreprises. Il fait valoir que dans cet engagement paradoxal, les conservateurs présentent une forme extrême de pragmatisme -une volonté de «dormir avec l'ennemi». L'article considère les implications de cette relation en utilisant la métaphore d'une négociation faustienne, un accord avec le diable pour acquérir le pouvoir en échange de l'âme. Elle considère l'attrait pour les conservateurs des logiques qui sous-tendent la collaboration dans les formes de conservation néolibérale basée sur le marché et l'économie verte, compte tenu de la longue tradition d'opposition face à l'engagement destructeur entre le capitalisme et la nature. Il considère les avantages de la conservation de cette négociation faustienne et en explore les conséquences. Mots clés: conservation de la biodiversité, conservation néolibérale, économie verte ResumenEste artículo explora la inesperada cercanía y aparente calidez, en las relaciones entre las corporaciones y las organizaciones dedicadas a la conservación de la biodiversidad. Se argumenta que en esta paradójica relación, los conservacionistas muestran una forma extrema de pragmatismo -una disposición de 'dormir con el enemigo'. El artículo considera las implicaciones de esta disposición a través del uso de la metáfora del 'pacto faustiano', un pacto con el diablo para adquirir poder a cambio del alma. Se toma en cuenta el atractivo que para los conservacionistas representa la lógica de una colaboración en la conservación neoliberal basadas en el mercado y una economía verde. Esto, a la luz de una larga tradición de oposición frente a la destructiva relación entre capitalismo y naturaleza. Se consideran los beneficios en cuanto a conservación de este pacto faustiano, y se exploran además sus consecuencias. Palabras clave: conservación con base en mercado, neoliberalismo, economía verde

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Offsetting dispossession? Terrestrial conservation offsets and First Nation treaty rights in Alberta, Canada

Cited by 13 publications

References 37 publications

Indigenous peoples, local communities, and Payments for Ecosystem Services

Indigenous peoples, local communities, and Payments for Ecosystem Services

‘It’s like, we are thankful. But in the other way…they are just killing us too’: community members’ perspectives of the extractives industry’s funding of recreational and cultural programmes in Fort McKay, Alberta

Sleeping with the enemy? Biodiversity conservation, corporations and the green economy

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