Join us for a community feedback and discussion to share the results of two forward-thinking workshops recently held in the Far South around a hopeful, creative, different and eco-centric future for the area by 2050.
The workshops aimed to move beyond typical dystopian narratives by envisioning an alternative reality for the future, with human and non-human species at the centre of a solution that goes deeper than traditional conservation strategies.
Using the Nature Futures Framework (developed by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services or IPBES, on the global state of biodiversity), the workshops explored ways to foster coexistence between humans and nature amidst pressing challenges like habitat destruction, densification, inequality, climate change, mental health pressures, and the imminent extinction of species such as African penguins and Western Leopard Toads.
The workshops focused on the Far South of the Cape Peninsula. This participatory process aligns with global environmental goals of achieving harmony between people and nature by 2050.
Increasingly, humans are exploring how species, including wildlife, can be recognised as stakeholders with their own rights to flourish and live. Take for example nature-focused lawyer Cormac Cullinan and his book Wild Law: A Manifestor for Earth Justice, which advocates that we accord nature with similar legal protection enjoyed by humans.
Dr. Andrea Marais-Potgieger, who ran the study, will be joined by local community activists Baz Zuidberg (FSPCF) and Emily Hurley (KRRA) to discuss how we can take these results forward and make these desirable futures a reality.
The imagined futures for the Far South will be shared at a community feedback session, where all are welcome to attend. RSVP at the link below
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