Political ecology of security: tackling the illegal wildlife trade

This article sets out a political ecology approach to thinking about security. It draws together conceptual debates from IR, green criminology and in order develop new ways of analyzing the ecologies To date ecologists have focused on conflicts struggles, but not fully engaged with In this we examine that responses illegal wildlife trade encouraged supported greater integration between conservation We use example deployment private military companies for anti poaching training operations tease key features security; focuses excavating relations capital, nature security, being attentive dynamics race gender, taking an ethically positionality highlight voices marginalized communities. so doing, purpose is act as starting point developing much clearer stronger basis engage questions