Conservation and development discourses are the two main frameworks in which global debates on how to relate to nature occur. These discourses are considered as opposed; while conservation discourses argue for the maintenance of nature in its pristine state, development discourses seek to justify re-engineering spaces to give place to cities, monocultures and roads. However, both discourses have one practical consequence in common: the environmental disfranchisement of Indigenous communities. This article uses the case of the Ecuadorian Yasuni Park to show how the implementation of both conservation and development discourses ultimately disempower Indigenous communities. We use media reports and governmental statements to document the Yasuni case. A critical analysis of the dynamics behind this and other cases allows us to expose the misleading messages, the ironic consequences and the false motives involved in some conservation projects.

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在“保护”与“发展”之间：“受保护自然”的建设与土著社区的环境权利剥夺

保护和发展话语是关于如何与自然联系的全球辩论的两个主要框架。这些话语被认为是相反的；保护话语主张将自然保持在原始状态，而发展话语则试图证明重新设计空间以给城市、单一文化和道路让位的合理性。然而，这两种话语都有一个共同的实际后果：土著社区的环境剥夺。本文使用厄瓜多尔 Yasuni 公园的案例来展示保护和发展话语的实施如何最终剥夺土著社区的权利。我们使用媒体报道和政府声明来记录 Yasuni 案。