Capitalism and Conservation Symposium
Manchester University
9th-10th September 2008
Organisers: Dr Dan Brockington and Professor Rosaleen Duffy.
This symposium will examine new directions in conservation debates and practices in the context of a neoliberal global order. Neoliberal values and practices are increasingly pervasive in wildlife conservation, and increaslingly influence the governments and NGOs shaping conservation practice. This symposium will bring together scholars examining how conservation is responding to the de and re-regulations of neoliberalism and other aspects of conservation's changing global context. Papers will engage diverse topics including governance and natural resource management, conservation finance, trade, international networks, private capital, conservation business, and representation and image in conservation. These themes will be explored through panels on privatising nature, the trade in wildlife, illegal networks, conservation finance, the role of conservation NGOs and the importance of media and celebrity.
This symposium is funded by the ESRC, SED and the Brooks World Poverty Institute
