Neil Dawson

Rights & empowerment for Indigenous Peoples & local communities is the change the world needs. Environmental justice @UniEastAnglia, IUCN CEESP. Scotland (YES)

[Neil Dawson @NeilMDawson]

New @IUCN_CEESP Policy Matters shows how communities resist external intervention & work together to take back control over their territories + ecosystems they are deeply connected to, generating positive #biodiversity outcomes. #TransformativePathways https://t.co/PwhDIgHUZd

[Rachel Carmenta @RachelCarmenta]

🔊 Two open faculty positions at the School of Global Development, University of East Anglia. An excellent department, University, and city! Please spread the word!

[Neil Dawson @NeilMDawson]

@WilliamGMoseley @Macalester @theAAG @hlpe_cfs @ASANewsOnline @AfricaGeoReview @bdowduribe @Million_Belay This looks fantastic! I was talking to an associated press journalist about precisely this topic yesterday, so have shared the link and suggested they contact you (as well as many African CSOs of course).

[William Moseley @WilliamGMoseley]

The open access version of my book, Decolonizing African Agriculture, has been published! Read it here https://t.co/LcmB0Ctrwl. One may also pre-order paperback copies https://t.co/Q9HRKsg6Nz @Macalester @theAAG @hlpe_cfs @ASANewsOnline @AfricaGeoReview @bdowduribe @Million_Belay

[RRI - Rights and Resources Initiative @RightsResources]

‼️ More than 50 civil society organizations and human rights defenders in #Tanzania have published a statement on the state of human rights in Ngorongoro District affecting +110,000 residents. #LandRightsNow

Read their recommendations and share widely👇🏽
https://t.co/fDPsuTOrbU

[Neil Dawson @NeilMDawson]

@Karamojadf @Longpes @SpireJim @KASDA_MUK_2024 @Welthungerhilfe @FoLTurkana This is inspiring leadership! Love your work Simon and all

[Brian Keane @Brian_J_Keane]

The government of #Tanzania must immediately stop harassment and evictions of the Maasai people of #Ngorongoro ⁦@UN4Indigenous⁩ ⁦⁩ ⁦@hindououmar⁩ ⁦@landislife⁩ ⁦@PINGOsForum⁩ ⁦@Oleshangay⁩ ⁦@EarthRightsIntl⁩ ⁦@USAmbTanzania⁩

[Prof. Sian Sullivan ☮️ 🕊️ 🌱 @SianSullivanUK]

It's been amazing to watch these events unfold in #Ngorongoro. All strength to those seeking to defend their rights.

[Laura Vang Rasmussen @rasmussen_vang]

In this new paper led by @emvansant with @Bowydb, @madasascientist, F Reiner, C Hall, and J Kamoto, we show the positive effect of tree cover on people's micronutrient adequacy in Malawi, explained by people sourcing food from on-farm trees. https://t.co/CcFL91MUNA

[Neil Dawson @NeilMDawson]

A privilege to have @AFrontlines involved in this research through @EcocideGenocide & fantastic to see in this blog how our findings resonate with the amazing & crucial work they do in the #Amazon for #Indigenous peoples + nature in such challenging circumstances.

[AFrontlines @AFrontlines]

Scientific studies are increasingly finding that #IndigenousPeoples are the most effective at conserving #biodiversity compared to ‘western’ forms of #conservation, such as protected areas (ie. national parks).

[Thomas Worsdell @EcocideGenocide]

A blog talking about our two latest scientific articles. the latest uncovered the production of conservation #knowledge, strong biases in knowledge production, persistent colonial power dynamic in conservation science and potential conflicts of interest

https://t.co/Sahujr9dZv

[Ian Scoones @IanScoones]

Land tenure reform in Africa: a new book explains why customary systems are important https://t.co/sMEAy3MLlp

[Indigenous Peoples’ Rights International - IPRI @IPRightsIntl]

#IndigenousKnowledges

✍️🏾The authors of this article were on a team commissioned by the federal government 🇦🇺to advise on ways to enhance Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ voices in the IPCC process.

Go to https://t.co/Vj7cZAgBfv

[Neil Dawson @NeilMDawson]

@FRBiodiv @developmentuea @IUCN_GovRights @Ambio_Journal @bcoolsaet @unaipasku @EcocideGenocide @BoscoLliso @purrdey100 @Loos_Jac @CIPRED1 @argenmexmo @browndee17 @MannocciL #openaccess link at https://t.co/bmvOrEll6B (I'm always forgetting the link in the main tweet!🫢)

[Neil Dawson @NeilMDawson]

Reviewing the science on 50 years of #conservation: Through 662 studies in 102 countries, we find independence issues can suppress the otherwise clear link between Indigenous & local leadership & conservation success @FRBiodiv @developmentuea @IUCN_GovRights @Ambio_Journal

[Alastair McIntosh @alastairmci]

Today is the 40th anniversary of the removal of Scotland's 3-mile fishing limit by the Thatcher government. Our fisheries' capacity to keep local people on both sea & land has never recovered. That is why @TheOpenSeas campaigns to restore the limit. Read: https://t.co/8oP8NvDnG9

[JPS @Peasant_Journal]

New release!! Participation is not the answer: epistemic violence and authoritarian practices in conservation-forced displacement by Jessica Milgrooom & Priscilla Claeys on how participation in fact legitimises displacements in Mozambique.

https://t.co/J6kxcJRtU0

[Tony Juniper @TonyJuniper]

This really is an extraordinary graphic. While we agonise over the impact of releasing a few Beavers back in the landscape, about 50 million non-native Pheasants are released into the environment each year with not much debate at all.

[Georgina Gurney @Georgina_Gurney]

“Advancing #equitable governance in area-based #conservation” – in a new paper, led by Phil Franks, we provide guidance on how to ensure #equity in achieving the #30x30

https://t.co/zbjcLVTFlg

[Resource Africa @africa_resource]

Our latest blog dives into a fascinating meta-analysis by @NeilMDawson et al. of governance in community conservation efforts around the world. What they found is powerful: greater power to communities = better conservation and social outcomes! 1/3 https://t.co/vQobjpH4TE