RECOGNITION AND SUPPORT OF ICCAs IN ENGLAND Helen Newing1 University of Kent Case study for: RECOGNISING AND SUPPORTING TERRITORIES AND AREAS CONSERVED BY INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES Global Overview and National Case Studies Edited by Ashish Kothari, with Colleen Corrigan, Harry Jonas, Aurélie Neumann, and Holly Shrumm ICCA Consortium, IUCN/TILCEPA, Kalpavriksh, and Natural Justice CBD Secretariat Technical Series No. 64 Citation: Newing, H. 2012. Recognition and Support of ICCAs in England. In: Kothari, A. with Corrigan, C., Jonas, H., Neumann, A., and Shrumm, H. (eds). Recognising and Supporting Territories and Areas Conserved By Indigenous Peoples And Local Communities: Global Overview and National Case Studies. Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, ICCA Consortium, Kalpavriksh, and Natural Justice, Montreal, Canada. Technical Series no. 64. (Disclaimer: The views expressed in this case study do not necessarily represent those of the secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, or of the Government of the UK) October 2012 1 Helen Newing is a lecturer in Conservation Social Science at the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent. Prior to her appointment at Kent, she spent several years working in non-governmental organisations in local community-related aspects of conservation. Her research focuses on participation, collaborative management and environmental governance; the role of traditional knowledge in natural resource management, and the relationship between indigenous peoples and conservation. She has recently published the first comprehensive textbook on social science methods in the field of conservation. Contact:
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