'Rethinking conservation: inclusion and…

Conservation in the Pacific Islands faces unique challenges, requiring approaches that acknowledge the deep interconnectedness of communities and their environments. Traditional conservation methods have sometimes overlooked unique socio-cultural contexts including the rights, needs and aspirations of Indigenous Peoples and local communities, leading to unintended negative consequences.

Dr Sangeeta Mangubhai will explore the ethical, practical and legal imperatives for integrating human rights and rights-based approaches into conservation. She will delve into the responsibilities of duty-bearers (primarily state actors, but also including conservation organisations) to respect, protect, and fulfil the rights of rights-holders (every individual). Drawing from examples in the Pacific Islands, she will shed light on how to move beyond protectionism and fortress conservation towards inclusive and participatory conservation, which will result in more effective and enduring conservation.

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Dr Sangeeta Mangubhai
Visiting Fellow, Oxford Martin Programme on Biodiversity & Society

Sangeeta has a PhD in coral reef ecology with 26 years experience working on environmental issues. Originally from and based in Fiji, she has worked in Australia, East Africa, Indonesia and the South Pacific on, coastal fisheries, marine conservation, Indigenous community-based management, gender, human rights, disaster and climate change.

She is currently a Principal Consultant & Research Scientist at a Fijian firm called Talanoa Consulting which is working to localise the consultancy spaces in the Pacific. Previously she served for 8 years as the Fiji Country Director for the Wildlife Conservation Society’s. Sangeeta is the editor for the Pacific Community’s Women in Fisheries Bulletin and a 2018 Pew Marine Fellow. She has authored over 200 publications on a diversity of topics, and is currently passionate about the integration of gender equality and broader human rights into sectors such as fisheries and conservation.

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