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SUMMARY:From settler ecologies to ecologies otherwise? The possibilities a
 nd limitations of inclusive conservation in northern Kenya - Charis Enns (
 Manchester) &amp\; Brock Bersaglio (Birmingham) 
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CONTACT:Tom Fry
DESCRIPTION:This talk focuses on an initiative in northern Kenya that aims
  to create space for conservation otherwise in a settler colonial strongho
 ld dominated by private\, fortress-style conservation arrangements. Politi
 cal ecology has a long tradition of problematising the ways that conservat
 ion is marked by coloniality and perpetuates (neo)colonial violence – wi
 th a focus on land policies\, political economies\, and labour regimes und
 erpinning conservation. There is now growing recognition of how certain sp
 ecies and ecological relations can be enrolled in these processes as well\
 , motivating calls to decolonise ecology itself (Mabele et al. 2023). Draw
 ing from engaged research embedded in a GEF-7 funded Inclusive Conservatio
 n Initiative project in the Mid-Ewaso Ng’iro\, we reflect on renewed pos
 sibilities and persistent challenges of Indigenous-led efforts to conserve
  biodiversity without preserving settler ecologies. In discussing measures
  being used to unmake settler ecologies and restore pastoralist ecologies 
 that could be more conducive to biodiversity\, we place cultural keystone 
 species in the spotlight\, arguing that species of high cultural value for
  pastoralists may have a unique role to play in catalysing a shift towards
  ecologies otherwise.
LOCATION:Department of Geography\, Small Lecture Theatre
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