What is this thing called 'natural'? The nature-culture divide in climate change and biodiversity policy

Uggla, Ylva

doi:10.2458/v17i1.21701

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“…Uggla 2009). This refers back to colonial invasions and the establishment of reserves following the expulsion of residents.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Spaces for local voices? A discourse analysis of the decisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Parks¹

2018

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This article discusses the existence and shape of a discursive space for local and indigenous voices in the arena of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Critical literature on global environmental governance argues that dominant or hegemonic discourses shape international-level decision making on environmental protection, and delimit the boundaries of possible policy choices. These discourses are identified by such scholarship as reflecting a dominant worldview stemming from a capitalist view of value and a dichotomous view of nature as separate from culture, which precludes discursive spaces for worldviews based on different conceptions of value and more holistic views of nature as inextricably bound up with culture. Such worldviews are often held by indigenous peoples and local communities considered to be crucial in protecting the environment and natural resources. The present article aims to contribute to this debate by looking in detail at decisions of the parties to the CBD, which is an arena argued by some to be more open to local and indigenous voices. The article presents a discourse analysis of the CBD's decisions since its creation and up to its most recent meetings held in late 2016. The analysis applies the arguments of the critical literature to the decisions of the CBD in order to investigate how far they conform to the critical view of them, or whether, and if so to what extent, they host spaces for local and indigenous voices.

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“…Uggla 2009). This refers back to colonial invasions and the establishment of reserves following the expulsion of residents.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Spaces for local voices? A discourse analysis of the decisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Parks¹

2018

JHRE

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“…The efforts of the dominant powers to define the Upland Bromo as a pilgrimage or conservation area that tends to obey the human role in shaping the landscape is still a political concept; in accordance with Uggla's (2008) analysis of the ambiguity of the separation between the concepts of nature and culture in the IPCC work, these definitions have to be negotiated and filled with meaning according to particular circumstances. In the contemporary Upland Bromo situation, the National Park efforts in defining that area as conservation area are very questionable due to the fact that the National Park also commercializes certain areas for economic activities not only for environmental services and tourism but also for other production activities.…”

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confidence: 99%

Governing resources in a changing environment

Purnomo¹

2011

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“…It is plausible to distinguish between three diverging interpretations of the relationship between humans and nature (Buijs et al 2010;Uggla 2010):…”

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“…A first nature discourse, on the other hand, manifests an ecocentric interpretation, where humans are perceived to stand above nature, yet with a responsibility to "save" nature from economic activities. A traditionalist discourse emerges from a biocentric interpretation, in which humans are perceived to be an integral part of nature (Uggla 2010).…”

Section: The Value Systems Of Human/nature Relationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Negative externalities of food production: discourses on the contested Norwegian aquaculture industry

Christiansen

2013

Journal of Political Ecology

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The concern of this article is the language and ontology of negative externalities. Four discourses on the financially successful industry of salmon farming in Norway are critically analyzed and deconstructed. The discourses are: "high turnover discourse", "technology optimism discourse", "first nature discourse" and "traditionalist discourse". Groups defending various discourses differ in their interpretations of a) human/nature relations i.e. either ecocentric, anthropocentric or biocentric, and b) in their respective approach to either a transformative, adaptive or reactive logic. By linking interpretations, concepts and logic inherent to these discourses, it is possible to make conclusions on their degree of coherency. The leading discourses are maintained in language through strategic framing and overdetermination. These linguistic mechanisms are revealed in the discursive application of the concepts of sustainability and wild fish. Rather than to surrender to relativism, the article recommends integration of realism and deconstruction.Key words: Atlantic salmon farming, food production, critical discourse analysis, negative externalities, soft constructionism, parsimony, political ecology, sustainability.

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What is this thing called 'natural'? The nature-culture divide in climate change and biodiversity policy

Cited by 43 publications

References 36 publications

Spaces for local voices? A discourse analysis of the decisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Spaces for local voices? A discourse analysis of the decisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Governing resources in a changing environment

Negative externalities of food production: discourses on the contested Norwegian aquaculture industry

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