This is a repository copy of Accumulation by securitization: Commercial poaching, neoliberal conservation, and the creation of new wildlife frontiers. White Rose Research Online URL for this paper: http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/132716/ Version: Accepted Version Article: Massé, F. and Lunstrum, E. (2016) Accumulation by securitization: Commercial poaching, neoliberal conservation, and the creation of new wildlife frontiers. Geoforum, 69. pp. 227-237. ISSN 0016-7185 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2015.03.005 Reuse This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND) licence. This licence only allows you to download this work and share it with others as long as you credit the authors, but you can’t change the article in any way or use it commercially. More information and the full terms of the licence here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/ Takedown If you consider content in White Rose Research Online to be in breach of UK law, please notify us by emailing
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[email protected] https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/ Accepted Manuscript -GEOFORUM Accumulation by Securitization: Commercial Poaching, Neoliberal Conservation, and the Creation of New Wildlife Frontiers1 Francis Massé Elizabeth Lunstrum Abstract: Part of a broader interest in the escalating securitization of conservation practice, scholars are beginning to take note of an emerging relationship between conservation-securitization, capital accumulation, and dispossession. We develop the concept of accumulation by securitization to better grasp this trend, positioning it in the critical literatures on neoliberal conservation, green grabbing, and conservation-security.