Israel and Settler Conservation

Published: June 5, 2023, noon

What are the contradictions and uses of environmental conservation and land preservation in a settler colonial state? Like South Africa and the United States, the Israeli government has carved out large swaths of land for ecological protection \u2014 and the dispossession of native populations is often hidden from sight. Legal anthropologist Irus Braverman discusses the settler ecologies of Palestine-Israel. \nResources:\nIrus Braverman, Settling Nature: The Conservation Regime in Palestine-Israel University of Minnesota Press, 2023 \nThe post Israel and Settler Conservation appeared first on KPFA.