Seeing the utan from the orang: A decolonial Indigenous approach to orang utan conservation in Sarawak.

Thesis

This thesis takes an Indigenous decolonial turn for a rich, empirical analysis of the seemingly paradoxes of human-environment or human-animal relationships within the multi-scalar forces of conservation. Indigenous relations is more-than-human relations and further, necessitates fresh inquiry into specific politics and strategies of concealment that rural Indigenous communities may employ in response to conservation actions. This thesis seeks to understand the multiple Indigenous strategi...

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Authors: Rubis, JM

• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: Borneo; conservation; Indigenous; orangutan; decolonial; Sarawak
• Subjects: environmental geography; decolonial