Shifting settler-colonial discourses of environmentalism: Representations of indigeneity and migration in Australian conservation

Natures instead of nature—plural perceptions and representations of nature and its challenges for ecological transition: a systematic review of the scientific production

“…Despite being separated ideas, there exists a potential risk where in the imperative to survive can inadvertently foster a mindset wherein nature is perceived solely as a means of human survival, leading to a viewpoint that it must be subjugated to fulfil humanity's needs. Nature is a resource that maintains the human way of life, associated with the ecosystem services concept [143][144][145][146][147], a capitalist dogma that deprives nature of its agency while propagating endless growth and human supremacy [148]. From the documents previously analysed, nature becomes commodified, valued primarily for its utility in meeting human needs and desires, rather than respected for its inherent worth and complexity.…”

Geographies of migration II: Decolonising migration studies

“…Postcolonial accounts of migration also give emphasis to the histories and contemporary relationalities of colonial racialisations, such as the role of Aryanism in conceptions of race in immigration policies (Ashutosh, 2018), the legacies of imperialism in migrant camps (Davies and Isakjee, 2019), and the way imaginaries of colonised subjects and contemporary migrants are utilised in reconstituting Europe’s boundaries (Giglioli, 2017). Environmentalism and climate change also resonate with racialisation and migration: such as in Telford’s (2018) account of how racial identities justify the containment of migrants to climate-insecure futures; Baldwin’s (2016) discussion of ‘white affect’ that reveals how the official discussion of migration and climate change expresses racism and white saviourism; and Van Holstein and Head’s (2018) exploration of how environmentalism recentres white settler imaginations and desires at the expense of Indigenous and ethnic minority Australians.…”

Hopefulness for transformative grassroots change

“…But authoritarianism is also an internal threat to community action. Environmentalism is haunted by the spectre of eco‐fascism, visible in discussions about population growth, land rights, and paternalistic approaches to conservation (Bacon, 2019; van Holstein & Head, 2018). The ways that exclusion, discrimination, and unequal power relations persist in apparently progressive spaces speak of the need to be constantly vigilant of problematic social relations inside community activism.…”