ABOUT Bas Verschuuren
Bas Verschuuren is the co-programme scientific coordinator of ABC Futures. He is an assistant professor focussing on the role of human-nature relations in the management and governance of nature and cultural heritage in area-based conservation. Conceptual and theoretical areas of interest include: political ontology; cultural anthropology, phenomenology and ethnography.
His research is applied, participatory and co-constructed with local communities, Indigenous peoples, conservation experts, NGOs and governments. He has worked extensively in Northern Australia, Ghana, Guatemala, Iceland and Mongolia with shorter engagements in many other countries.
Key themes covered across human-nature relations are:
- Creating “Common Ground” among conservation actors with different lived realities
- Cultural and spiritual significance of nature in the governance and management of protected areas
- The governance, practices and beliefs of sacred natural sites in nature conservation
- Indicators and policies for community well-being in biocultural landscapes
- Faith-based conservation, Indigenous and Community-based conservation
- Nature culture interactions/dichotomies (including: biocultural diversity, naturecultures and sociocultural systems).
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NEWS & BLOG
Around Gorongosa National Park, Filipa Oitavén researches how conservation organizations work with local communities — and how local knowledge and leadership can shape conservation.
- #Conservation, #IndigenousTerritories, #Mozambique
Astracia Warner works from a One Health perspective, researching mosquito-borne diseases and socio-ecological change with Indigenous communities in the Surinamese rainforest.
- #Biodiversity, #IndigenousTerritories, #Suriname
José María Casanova Celis expands ABC Futures to a fifth research country. His PhD applies a political ecology lens to power relations in protected area governance.
- #Biodiversity, #Conservation, #Mexico
Around Gorongosa National Park, Filipa Oitavén researches how conservation organizations work with local communities — and how local knowledge and leadership can shape conservation.
- #Conservation, #IndigenousTerritories, #Mozambique
Astracia Warner works from a One Health perspective, researching mosquito-borne diseases and socio-ecological change with Indigenous communities in the Surinamese rainforest.
- #Biodiversity, #IndigenousTerritories, #Suriname
José María Casanova Celis expands ABC Futures to a fifth research country. His PhD applies a political ecology lens to power relations in protected area governance.
- #Biodiversity, #Conservation, #Mexico