It is rare to carry out a book project that, as it unfolds, is shaken by the climate
and health crises which also form its thematic background. It took a great deal
of effort for our authors – sometimes struck by the tragedy of the loss of a loved
one, sometimes under strict lockdown regulations and unable to continue their
fieldwork, sometimes stunned by a heat dome or blazes tearing through hectares
of forestland – to respond to the call we editors made.
We are all the more indebted to them for having maintained their commitment and contributed with great energy and insight into the realization of this
project, which began three years ago.
The research project no. ANR-18-CE03-0003 (“Biocultural Community
Protocols: Justice, Biodiversity and Law”) – BioCulturalis, funded by the French
National Research Agency (ANR), supported the realization of this edited volume by funding the fieldwork which provides the background of some of the
chapters as well as funding the holding of an Online Panel Discussion (pandemic obliges) in 2021. This two-day gathering was a decisive impetus and an
opportunity to bring together – in addition to most of the contributors to this
volume – seasoned academics, development professionals and activists: Sanjay
Kabir Bavikatte, Miranda Forsyth, Tom Suchanandan, Krystyna Swiderska and
Brendan Tobin. The virulence and persistence of the health crisis, coupled with
various professional and personal commitments, did not allow them all to contribute to the volume, but their collaboration was extremely valuable, and we
wish to thank them most warmly here. Finally, the ANR project also covered
the full open access fee of the book.
As is often the case, a work of this magnitude owes its success – at least its
completion – entirely to the investment, support and skills of colleagues and
friends to whom we also wish to express our sincere gratitude: Fitiavana Ranaivoson and Manohisoa Rakotondrabe who assisted in the gathering of data
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND
DEDICATIONS
and health crises which also form its thematic background. It took a great deal
of effort for our authors – sometimes struck by the tragedy of the loss of a loved
one, sometimes under strict lockdown regulations and unable to continue their
fieldwork, sometimes stunned by a heat dome or blazes tearing through hectares
of forestland – to respond to the call we editors made.
We are all the more indebted to them for having maintained their commitment and contributed with great energy and insight into the realization of this
project, which began three years ago.
The research project no. ANR-18-CE03-0003 (“Biocultural Community
Protocols: Justice, Biodiversity and Law”) – BioCulturalis, funded by the French
National Research Agency (ANR), supported the realization of this edited volume by funding the fieldwork which provides the background of some of the
chapters as well as funding the holding of an Online Panel Discussion (pandemic obliges) in 2021. This two-day gathering was a decisive impetus and an
opportunity to bring together – in addition to most of the contributors to this
volume – seasoned academics, development professionals and activists: Sanjay
Kabir Bavikatte, Miranda Forsyth, Tom Suchanandan, Krystyna Swiderska and
Brendan Tobin. The virulence and persistence of the health crisis, coupled with
various professional and personal commitments, did not allow them all to contribute to the volume, but their collaboration was extremely valuable, and we
wish to thank them most warmly here. Finally, the ANR project also covered
the full open access fee of the book.
As is often the case, a work of this magnitude owes its success – at least its
completion – entirely to the investment, support and skills of colleagues and
friends to whom we also wish to express our sincere gratitude: Fitiavana Ranaivoson and Manohisoa Rakotondrabe who assisted in the gathering of data
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND
DEDICATIONS