Reproduction of Power Relationships by the Rising Environmental NGO

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  • SEKINO Nobuyuki
    Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University

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  • 環境NGOの正統化がもたらす権力関係の再生産
  • カンキョウ NGO ノ セイトウカ ガ モタラス ケンリョク カンケイ ノ サイセイサン

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In recent years, environmental non-government organizations (NGOs) have made remarkable contributions to nature resource management. Océanium, an environmental NGO in Senegal, has played a large role in environmental conservation activities. With the rise of global environmental problems in the 1990s, Océanium actively sought to mitigate the problem of sea pollution and developed campaigns against overexploitation of marine resources. Ocèanium achieved international fame through creating Senegal's first marine protected areas as well as a project of mangrove reforestation. Local NGO activities in African countries can be considered to be part of the civic public realm. However, the NGO public image, which is a product of the mass media and funding from international assistance organizations or private enterprises, has created confusion in the community as to the true function of NGOs. In this paper, we analyze the influence of public image on the rapidly growing group of environmental NGO stakeholders. We also highlight the dilemma between the legitimacy of leaders of small-scale environmental NGOs and bureaucratization. In rigid organizations, its persistence can be a proposition. It takes the responsibility of donor’s funds, and can generate new clientele as a result. Furthermore, environmental NGOs, which face crises of division, would benefit from involvement in the political arena, and has built a new string belt.

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