Submitting Presenter(s)

Adde Sharp, Davidson CollegeFollow

Moderator

Brent Woodfill, Winthrop University

Panel Title

Global Issues

Start Date

22-2-2019 9:45 AM

Location

Withers 113

Session Number

Session II

Description

Are environmental conservation and the preservation of indigenous lifestyles mutually exclusive? Often assumed to be universally beneficial, national parks and reserves intended to protect expansive biodiversity hotspots may have unexpected, negative impacts on the indigenous communities that traditionally rely upon them for food and subsistence living.

Keywords

Food security; indigenous communities; Amazon

Your Title/College/Department/Program

Environmental Studies '20

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To Conserve or Consume? The Impact of Natural Protected Areas on the Food Security of Indigenous Communities in the Peruvian Amazon

Withers 113

Are environmental conservation and the preservation of indigenous lifestyles mutually exclusive? Often assumed to be universally beneficial, national parks and reserves intended to protect expansive biodiversity hotspots may have unexpected, negative impacts on the indigenous communities that traditionally rely upon them for food and subsistence living.