Towards a Revival of Indigenous Mobility in French Guiana? Contemporary Transformations of the Wayãpi and Teko Territories

Isabelle Tritsch (1) , Cyril Marmoex (2) , Damien Davy (3) , Bernard Thibaut (4, 5) , Valéry Gond (6)

1 UMR ECOFOG - Ecologie des forêts de Guyane
2 Chercheur indépendant
3 LEEISA - Laboratoire Ecologie, Evolution, Interactions des Systèmes amazoniens
4 LMGC - Laboratoire de Mécanique et Génie Civil
5 BOIS - Bois
6 UPR BSEF - Biens et services des écosystèmes forestiers tropicaux : l'enjeu du changement global

The influence of conservation policies on environmental governance by indigenous peoples is not well understood. Our goal is to understand the role of conservation policies in the on-going social, spatial and temporal reorganisation of common natural resources management by the Wayãpi and Teko in French Guiana. Using socio-economic and land use variables, we explain their territorial reorganisation. We show how the delimitation of protected areas encourages identity claims and resources re-appropriation, which play a determining role in territorial reorganisation. Finally, we focus on the emergence of a new form of environmental governance based on “multi-sited” land use system.

Mots clés: French Guiana; environmental governance; territorial and identity claims; Indigenous territory; conservation policies; common natural resources management

Domaines: Mécanique des matériaux [physics.class-ph]

Isabelle Tritsch, Cyril Marmoex, Damien Davy, Bernard Thibaut, Valéry Gond. Towards a Revival of Indigenous Mobility in French Guiana? Contemporary Transformations of the Wayãpi and Teko Territories. Bulletin of Latin American Research, 2015, 34 (1), pp.19-34. ⟨10.1111/blar.12204⟩. ⟨hal-01135244⟩