Camp "Refoogee"

I dont think refugee camps are funny. I am just trying to make fun of how conservation organizations think they are doing best by evicting the indigenous people.

Settled in their isolated villages, the indigenous people continue with their daily routines, but in the distance the thunderous roar of hummers resonate through the forest. These men and women come and offer demeaning reparations to evict the indigenous people from their land. No, the native villagers are not being removed due to ecological occurrences such as droughts, disease, or flooding, they are being “softly evicted.” “Who are these odd people”, the native people ask? “Who are these men and women who remove us from our land with false promises of ample and fair compensation?” These men and women make false claims against us, stating that we are the true enemies of conservation. “Who are these people?” These people are the nonetheless conservationalist. Yes the conversationalist. This article was very eye opening, as it changed my perception of conservation and conservationalist.  Until this point I believed that conservationalist were the true heroes of environmental preservation, but I now realize they are almost no different from the average person. They too are also ignorant and their methods are very reminiscent of the American way. America believes that their way is best and anyone perceived as less intelligent should merely follow their lead.  The indigenous people such as the Batwa were efficiently and effectively conserving their environment, and needed no outside help. Like Martin Saningo said, his people are the “original conservationalists.”  But now as we continue to intervene and promote our methods of conservation the native’s traditions will begin to diminish. Most if not all of their heritage is passed down orally, so with no records of their existence how will these people retain their hold on their livelihoods. From this article I learned that we should leave the indigenous people alone because, they are already doing a much better job than we ever could.