Even after armed conflict, the environmental quality of Indigenous Peoples' lands in biodiversity hotspots surpasses that of non-Indigenous lands

Indigenous Peoples lands cover over a fifth of the world's land surface and support high levels of biodiversity. However, for centuries Indigenous Peoples have suffered from deprivation, often dispossession, and even cultural genocide, a process continuing today in some regions. Biodiversity ho...

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Autores: Beattie, Madeline|||0000-0002-7304-101X, Fa, Julia Elizabeth|||0000-0002-1572-9828, Leiper, Ian|||0000-0001-6491-9145, Fernández-Llamazares, Álvaro|||0000-0002-7813-0222, Zander, Kerstin|||0000-0002-2237-1801, Garnett, Stephen|||0000-0002-0724-7060
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
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Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/283663
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110288
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Armed conflict
Biodiversity hotspots
Conservation
Environmental peacebuilding
Indigenous peoples
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spelling Even after armed conflict, the environmental quality of Indigenous Peoples' lands in biodiversity hotspots surpasses that of non-Indigenous landsBeattie, Madeline|||0000-0002-7304-101XFa, Julia Elizabeth|||0000-0002-1572-9828Leiper, Ian|||0000-0001-6491-9145Fernández-Llamazares, Álvaro|||0000-0002-7813-0222Zander, Kerstin|||0000-0002-2237-1801Garnett, Stephen|||0000-0002-0724-7060Armed conflictBiodiversity hotspotsConservationEnvironmental peacebuildingIndigenous peoplesIndigenous Peoples lands cover over a fifth of the world's land surface and support high levels of biodiversity. However, for centuries Indigenous Peoples have suffered from deprivation, often dispossession, and even cultural genocide, a process continuing today in some regions. Biodiversity hotspots, global areas of high endemicity that are heavily threatened by habitat loss and other human activities are also affected by conflict. Although covering only 2.4 % of the world's surface, over 80 % of armed conflicts occurred in biodiversity hotspots between 1950 and 2000. Given that many hotspots overlap with Indigenous Peoples' lands, we asked whether the co-occurrence of Indigenous Peoples' lands and high ecological integrity, measured by using Intact Forest Landscapes as units which still contain significant biological diversity, and the Human Footprint as a proxy for anthropogenic impacts, increased the persistence of biodiversity in hotspots where there has been armed conflict. Our results show that, withinbiodiversity hotspots, armed conflict was more likely to occur on Indigenous Peoples' lands than non-Indigenous lands, yet environmental damage and anthropogenic impacts were both lower. We suggest that Indigenous Peoples have been able to moderate ecosystem degradation processes before, during, and after armed conflict because of their strong ties to their lands and their determination to defend their rights and territories. We argue that recognition and support for the efforts of Indigenous Peoples to protect their lands is not only socially just but also essential for meeting the now pressing global post-2020 conservation targets.Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals 22023-01-0120232023-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/283663https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110288reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, fins i tot amb finalitats comercials, sempre i quan es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:2836632026-06-06T12:50:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Even after armed conflict, the environmental quality of Indigenous Peoples' lands in biodiversity hotspots surpasses that of non-Indigenous lands
title Even after armed conflict, the environmental quality of Indigenous Peoples' lands in biodiversity hotspots surpasses that of non-Indigenous lands
spellingShingle Even after armed conflict, the environmental quality of Indigenous Peoples' lands in biodiversity hotspots surpasses that of non-Indigenous lands
Beattie, Madeline|||0000-0002-7304-101X
Armed conflict
Biodiversity hotspots
Conservation
Environmental peacebuilding
Indigenous peoples
title_short Even after armed conflict, the environmental quality of Indigenous Peoples' lands in biodiversity hotspots surpasses that of non-Indigenous lands
title_full Even after armed conflict, the environmental quality of Indigenous Peoples' lands in biodiversity hotspots surpasses that of non-Indigenous lands
title_fullStr Even after armed conflict, the environmental quality of Indigenous Peoples' lands in biodiversity hotspots surpasses that of non-Indigenous lands
title_full_unstemmed Even after armed conflict, the environmental quality of Indigenous Peoples' lands in biodiversity hotspots surpasses that of non-Indigenous lands
title_sort Even after armed conflict, the environmental quality of Indigenous Peoples' lands in biodiversity hotspots surpasses that of non-Indigenous lands
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Beattie, Madeline|||0000-0002-7304-101X
Fa, Julia Elizabeth|||0000-0002-1572-9828
Leiper, Ian|||0000-0001-6491-9145
Fernández-Llamazares, Álvaro|||0000-0002-7813-0222
Zander, Kerstin|||0000-0002-2237-1801
Garnett, Stephen|||0000-0002-0724-7060
author Beattie, Madeline|||0000-0002-7304-101X
author_facet Beattie, Madeline|||0000-0002-7304-101X
Fa, Julia Elizabeth|||0000-0002-1572-9828
Leiper, Ian|||0000-0001-6491-9145
Fernández-Llamazares, Álvaro|||0000-0002-7813-0222
Zander, Kerstin|||0000-0002-2237-1801
Garnett, Stephen|||0000-0002-0724-7060
author_role author
author2 Fa, Julia Elizabeth|||0000-0002-1572-9828
Leiper, Ian|||0000-0001-6491-9145
Fernández-Llamazares, Álvaro|||0000-0002-7813-0222
Zander, Kerstin|||0000-0002-2237-1801
Garnett, Stephen|||0000-0002-0724-7060
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author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Armed conflict
Biodiversity hotspots
Conservation
Environmental peacebuilding
Indigenous peoples
topic Armed conflict
Biodiversity hotspots
Conservation
Environmental peacebuilding
Indigenous peoples
description Indigenous Peoples lands cover over a fifth of the world's land surface and support high levels of biodiversity. However, for centuries Indigenous Peoples have suffered from deprivation, often dispossession, and even cultural genocide, a process continuing today in some regions. Biodiversity hotspots, global areas of high endemicity that are heavily threatened by habitat loss and other human activities are also affected by conflict. Although covering only 2.4 % of the world's surface, over 80 % of armed conflicts occurred in biodiversity hotspots between 1950 and 2000. Given that many hotspots overlap with Indigenous Peoples' lands, we asked whether the co-occurrence of Indigenous Peoples' lands and high ecological integrity, measured by using Intact Forest Landscapes as units which still contain significant biological diversity, and the Human Footprint as a proxy for anthropogenic impacts, increased the persistence of biodiversity in hotspots where there has been armed conflict. Our results show that, withinbiodiversity hotspots, armed conflict was more likely to occur on Indigenous Peoples' lands than non-Indigenous lands, yet environmental damage and anthropogenic impacts were both lower. We suggest that Indigenous Peoples have been able to moderate ecosystem degradation processes before, during, and after armed conflict because of their strong ties to their lands and their determination to defend their rights and territories. We argue that recognition and support for the efforts of Indigenous Peoples to protect their lands is not only socially just but also essential for meeting the now pressing global post-2020 conservation targets.
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