Wednesday 16th April, 5 – 6:30 pm CEST
For our first in-conversation dialogue, we bring leading conservation practitioners and thinkers to engage with us in a discussion about the prospective futures of conservation practices and environmental action during a time of social, economic, political, cultural and ecological collapse. How can we imagine continuing to sustain communities and practitioners at the frontline of conservation at a time when things seem to be falling apart? How do different actors engage with this time of crisis and transformation of the political horizon we are embedded in?
Speakers:
Pat McCabe
Pat McCabe (Weyakpa Najin Win, Woman Stands Shining) is a Diné (Navajo) mother, grandmother, activist, artist, writer, ceremonial leader, and international speaker. She is a voice for global peace, and her paintings are created as tools for individual, earth and global healing. She draws upon the Indigenous sciences of Thriving Life to reframe questions about sustainability and balance, and she is devoted to supporting the next generations, Women’s Nation and Men’s Nation, in being functional members of the “Hoop of Life” and upholding the honor of being human. Her primary work at the moment is the reconciliation between the masculine and feminine, Men’s Nation and Women’s Nation, remembering, recreating or creating anew a narrative for the Sacred Masculine, and addressing the Archetypal Wounding that occurred in our misunderstanding and abuse of technology in prayer, ceremony and science.
Rachel Ashegbofe Ikemeh
Rachel Ashegbofe Ikemeh is a Nigerian conservationist, biodiversity management strategist and change advocate. She founded the SW/Niger Delta Forest Project, a grassroots-focused conservation initiative gathering more than 90 team members from indigenous communities and local institutions. Rachel has brought critical interventions to threatened ecosystems and species in complex socio-ecological landscapes in Southern Nigeria. With her team, she has led successful campaigns and actions to protect critical species from the brink of extinction, resulting in the establishment of four new protected areas and the implementation of sustainable land-use practices. Rachel serves as co-vice chair of the Africa Section of the IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group, co-founded the African Primatological Society, holds executive roles in the International Primatology Society, and serves as a Board Member for the Swiss-based Forest Conservation Fund.
Neema P. Broome
Neema P. Broome is a member of Kalpavriksh (an ICCA Consortium Member) and has been working on issues related to governance, management and conservation of biological diversity in India for the past decade, with a particular focus on documenting and popularizing ICCAs. She is one of the coordinators of the Conservation and Livelihoods Group within Kalpavriksh and is actively involved in policy analysis and lobbying. Her focus is on appropriate changes in the Wildlife Protection Act 1972, Indian Forest Act 1927, Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act 2006, and other relevant acts, policies, and government orders pertaining to ecosystem conservation and local livelihoods. She has authored and co-authored a number of books, and has conducted research and written articles and papers on Protected Areas, community-based conservation, and the relationship between decentralization and conservation.
