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Voives from the margins - Human rights crises around protected areas in Nepal

Jana, Sudeep (2007) Voives from the margins - Human rights crises around protected areas in Nepal. Policy Matters (15). pp. 87-99.

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Abstract

Human rights violations perpetrated by the Army and conservation officials have aggravated the predicament of communities residing on the fringes of protected areas (PAs) in the southern lowlands of Nepal. Based upon exhaustive research, the paper inquires into and discloses factual cases of atrocities and violence under the aegis of PA authorities— cases that have been obscured in conservation dialectics and dormant in human rights discourse. The central tenet of the paper is that the poor, the landless, the tribal people and women are the most vulnerable to human rights violations, a vulnerability reinforced by their compelling need to access natural resources. The paper revisits real stories of atrocities, provides a glimpse of movements and public protests, and deciphers their meanings as consequences of current policies and mechanisms of PA management in Nepal. The paper argues against militarization of PAs on account of its human rights implications.

Item Type: Articles
Keywords: Nepal, Protected Areas, Human Rights, Conservation, Violence, Conflicts, Local Communities, Livelihoods, Women, Gender, Food Security, Displacement, Poaching, Poverty
Subjects: Right to Resources
Depositing User: Users 4 not found.
Date Deposited: 11 May 2022 10:42
Last Modified: 11 May 2022 10:42
URI: http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/14158

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