Dear Peter,

Check out the following articles:

1) Vaccaro et al (2013) Political ecology and conservation policies: some theoretical genealogies, Journal of Political Ecology Vol.20, 2013.

2) Lena Partsch (2017) Power with’ and ‘power to’ in environmental politics and the transition to sustainability Pages 193-211 | Published online: 17 Nov 2016 https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2016.1256961.

There are sections about corporate political power in the following articles. However, they are not directly related to conservation.

3) Saku Mantere, Kalle Pajunen, Juha-Antti Lamberg, (2007)Vices and Virtues of Corporate Political Activity The Challenge of International Business . https://doi.org/10.1177/0007650307303388.

1) Frederick Ahen Peter Zettinig , (2015),"Critical perspectives on strategic CSR: what is sustainable value co-creation orientation?", critical perspectives on international business, Vol. 11 Iss 1 pp. 92 -109. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/cpoib-03-2012-0022.

2) Frederick Ahen , (2015),"Bow down all 7 billion: the compressed spheres of global governance", Foresight, Vol. 17 Iss 2 pp143 – 160.http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/FS-10-2014-0065.

If you have further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Good luck

I really appreciate, Frederick!

Hello Narh,

From my perspective, political power in environmental conservation pertains to a general lack of government or political mechanisms to promote the participation and involvement of local communities and the private sector in environmental conservation initiatives.

In Cameroon for instance, the government decides what environmental conservation project goes to a region or community and the beneficiaries are never consulted neither do they form part of the project. Several cases have also been documented wherein even the relevant government sectors or ministries are not engaged in these environmental conservation projects. This has generally given birth to both conservation and development projects that are not a priority to many communities in Cameroon.

Additionally, environmental conservation efforts in Africa in general historically have been given low priority compared to food security, health, education, road construction, and even sports. Here, the long-term requirements and adequate investment programs for conservation management are often overlooked, under the pressure of more immediately pressing issues such as roads, pipelines, dams etc.

Goodluck,

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Berkline, i am most grateful!