The politicization of protected areas establishment in Canada

被引:12
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作者
Botchwey, Brianna Scrimshaw [1 ]
Cunningham, Caitlin [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Toronto, Sch Environm, Dept Polit Sci, Toronto, ON, Canada
[2] Dalhousie Univ, Sch Resource & Environm Studies, Halifax, NS, Canada
来源
FACETS | 2021年 / 6卷
关键词
Alberta; Canada; protected areas; politicization; conservation; CONSERVATION; GOVERNANCE; PARTY; BIODIVERSITY; MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; SUPPORT; TARGET; POLICY;
D O I
10.1139/facets-2020-0069
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Environmental issues and related policy instruments are becoming increasingly politicized in the Canadian context, but it is unclear whether biodiversity conservation and protected areas are similarly politicized. Here, we suggest that the political characteristics of protected areas do not lend themselves easily to politicization, but data from the Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database indicate that at the federal level, and provincially in Alberta, the rate of protected areas establishment is becoming increasingly tied to electoral politics, suggesting some politicization. We situate these trends within federal electoral politics between 2006 and the present, outlining the differing approaches of the Harper Conservatives and the Trudeau Liberals and showing how both administrations instrumentalized the environment and protected areas for their own electoral benefits. We find similar trends in Alberta with the Progressive Conservative, New Democratic Party, and United Conservative Party governments. However, while there is increasing polarization in practice, there has been less polarization of the electoral rhetoric surrounding protected areas. This politicization represents a barrier to conservation in Canada as it can lead to greenwashing, poor accountability, or the creation of an anti-conservation constituency. At the same time, politicization can raise the profile of conservation in public discourse, leading to greater public interest and engagement.
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页码:1146 / 1167
页数:22
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