Towards Settler Responsibility in Conservation

This conceptual paper reviews recent efforts to confront colonialism in conservation, with an emphasis on the challenges and complexities that have emerged among settler organizations engaged this work. We consider academic grey literature field order map different approaches including emerging interface of Indigenous western approaches. also engagement undertaken by conservation organizations, representation, recognition, redistribution, reparation. suggest regardless their approach, create conditions for truly reciprocal collaborations Nations, would need accept responsibilities interrupt redress conservation’s colonial foundations, support sovereignty, rights, resurgence (including supporting conservation), commit difficult, long-haul work reorienting approach relationships away from patterns paternalism extraction toward trust, respect, reciprocity, consent, accountability.