1 Mapping running counter to existing mapping, or mapping for conservation ‘to overcome predominant power hierarchies, interspecies injustices’ (Harris and Hazen (2006) ACME 4); to protect indigenous land rights, demarcate and protect ‘traditional’ territories, manage community lands, protect biodiversity, raise awareness about conflict and mediate resolutions, empower communities, and promote cultural diversity.

2 Bauer (2009) Cult. Geogs. 16, 229 uses the term to describe the process and rhetoric of participatory mapping.