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Protected Natural Areas and Indigenous Peoples: Argentina conservation strategies
Presenter: Adriana Aleksa
Date: Thursday 20th October
Time: 11:30am
Venue: 3 Pakenham St. Fremantle
Abstract
National Parks and other protected areas have proved to be an important instrument for in situ conservation of natural ecosystems and their biodiversity. This presentation examines how conservation strategies in Argentina have changed since the first protected natural area in 1904. Objectives, management and policy issues have evolved following global scientific and social trends along the last century. In consequence, the practices have moved from a preservation ideal to an attempt to balance conservation and development. Current strategies include indigenous community participation, as an integration of cultural and ecological diversity for a sustainable conservation and, in recognition of indigenous rights.
Bio
Adriana is an ecologist who worked in natural resources management and natural areas conservation in the Ministry of Agricultural Affairs of Buenos Aires province, Argentina, for 15 years. After that, she moved to New Zealand where she did research about vulnerability of indigenous forests and its relation with economic and social aspects. Since then, her research interests have been focused on political and historical ecology.
Adriana has a Licentiate degree in Ecology from the Universidad de La Plata (Argentina), an MSc in Environmental Pathology from the Università di Pisa (Italy), and a PhD in Environmental Sciences and Geography from the University of Auckland (New Zealand).
