Examine the ways in which the unique indigenous lifestyles found in
wilderness areas are under threat.
A significant proportion of the world’s population – about 300 million
people – are described as indigenous, or native, peoples. They belong
to a rich and diverse array of cultures spread across the globe.
Indigenous peoples are defined as the descendents of those people who
inhabited an area before it was colonised by Europeans, or before a
modern state was established there. Where groups of indigenous peoples
have survived it is often because they live in extreme geographic and
climatic conditions – very wet or cold, extremely hot or dry. They are
places where colonisers have not wished to settle, and which are so
remote and inaccessible that governments simply have no authority.
They range in size and location from the Scottish Highlands to
Antarctica.
Many indigenous lifestyles that inhabit wilderness areas today have
existed for thousands of years. For example, the Kuku Yalariji people,
one of thousands of Aboriginal Australian tribes in the country, are
believed to have occupied Daintree rainforest for more than 9000
years. These are peoples with a keen sense of their identity and their
historic links with the land. They see their future as bound up with
their environment, and are determined to hold on to their own
languages and cultures. But these are not static societies. Indigenous
people are constantly having to adapt in order to survive, because
their lifestyles are increasingly coming under threat. Improved
technology and affluence in the industrialised world has made
wilderness areas more accessible, so that they are increasingly sought
after by resource developers. This leads to conflicts between
indigenous people, wilderness quality, and the resource developers.
Indigenous peoples’ way of life and control of and access to their
resources and environment has become more pronounced with the
globalisation of the world economy. Indigenous peoples are paying a
high price for tourism. In their drive for profits, transnational
corporations which dominate the international tourist industry have,
with the complicity of governments (particularly those of the Third
World), have devastated the lives and lifestyles of indigenous
peoples. Indigenous peoples have been evicted from their traditional
lands, their cont...
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... Rainforest, concerning the Kuku Yalariji, called for their
“protection.” However, it actually involved European authorities
rounding up Aboriginal groups, removing them from their traditional
homelands, and placing them in missions. This piece of legislation
served only to reduce the human value of the aboriginal people, and
did nothing to protect them.
Not only are the indigenous communities gradually disappearing, so are
the precious wilderness environments that they inhabit. As well as
being of important cultural value, these wilderness areas are also of
significant ecological value, and must be conserved. We must recognize
that biological diversity is by no means evenly distributed over the
surface of our planet, and that much of it is concentrated in a
relatively few biologically rich regions that are often under severe
threat. Clear priorities for conservation action in these regions must
therefore be set. To be successful, strong partnerships must be
established within the conservation community, the indigenous
communities and the private sector. Otherwise, indigenous peoples will
continue to be mere cogs in the wheels of these billion-dollar
industries.
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As long as humans have lived in forested areas, they have cut down trees for lumber and/or to clear space for agricultural purposes. However, this practice has resulted in the destruction and near extinction of our national forests. Today, fewer than five percent of our country's original forests remain (Thirteen) and the U.S. Forest Service continues to allow more than 136,000 square miles to be logged each year (Byrant). Even more alarming, is the fact that only twenty percent of the current public forest lands are permanently protected by law, leaving nearly eighty percent to be consumed by chainsaws and bulldozers (Heritage...).
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