Description
In this feature article, Queen Noor of Jordan describes the imperative made clear in recent months for conservationists to understand how their efforts can contribute to peace and human security.
As the technologies and strategies of globalization ever widen their reach, local communities are feeling ever more marginalized. Global programmes, be they economic or environmental, are widely perceived to favour the ‘haves’ at the expense of the ‘have-nots’. Cultures and beliefs that are being ignored are turning inward to preserve their identities, becoming radicalized, and resorting to extremism and even violence to get their message heard.
Information
- Author(s)
- HM Queen Noor of Jordan
- Publisher
- IUCN - World Conservation Union
- Place published
- Geneva
- Date / journal vol no.
- in “Environment & Security: Why Nature is a Matter of Survival”, Policy Matters, Newsletter of the IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy, Issue No. 9, May 2002
- Pages
- pp. 5-6
