Part 1: Population/Social Issue Review

You must research social work literature regarding the type of social work/social welfare area you have selected to study. For this area of your paper, you must research at least three (3) peer reviewed journal articles or book chapters. This paper should be at least 3 full pages in length.

The use of critical analysis thinking is expected. Critical analysis means that you do not write down what someone else has said. That is plagiarism. Rather critical analysis means that you read, you think about what you have read, and then in your own words you analyze the significance or importance of the themes in the article, chapter or book.

Here are details about your review:
1. You need to address historical and background information about the development of this area in social work and social welfare services.
2. Your report must also address some of the social problems or social needs that this area of social work and social welfare seeks to address. You may also want to consider any controversial issues within this area of social work or social welfare.
3. You must provide a reference list at the end of your review which cites the literature you used for your research.

 

Social Work and Social Welfare Issues Review: Roles and Responsibilities of

 Community Based Environmental Social Workers

Introduction to the Role of Community Based Environmental Social Workers

            The Community based environmental social workers are concerned with addressing the challenges facing the local and indigenous community members concerning environmental protection and conservation. Moreover, in the Community based environment, the social worker is to advocate for the rights of the indigenous people to conserve and protect their environment. Therefore, research on indigenous people and community-based social workers has considerably widened the perspective on global issues. Moreover, indigenous rights and environmental conservation is a very controversial and highly emerging global issue with reflection on local and internal community integration and correlation (Cariño and Ferrari, 2021). The international indigenous communities have been marginalized and oppressed in many ways by the majority and the population in their countries. The oppression of the indigenous communities has been carried in many ways, including environmental realism, marginalization in development, indigenous erasure, land alienation, and colonialism.  Moreover, oppression and marginalization of the indigenous communities have led to stagnation in global integration developments. Therefore, this paper summarizes all the roles and efforts of the community-based environmental and social workers towards the indigenous Community's survival, activism, and resistance against oppression and exploitation of indigenous people and their environments.

Indigenous Communities Based Social Work and Environmental Conservation

            Community-based environmental social workers are very significant in ensuring the conservation and –protection of the rights of the indigenous people and their environment from exploitation. The indigenous people are distinguished from the general population through their unique cultural, social, and economic organizations. Furthermore, the understanding of the indigenous people can be linked to their close association with their ancestral land and a good experience and coexistence with their natural environments. Therefore, the indigenous people have been oppressed by the majority of the population in their countries due to their separate cultural ways and minimal assimilation into the general culture of their countries. The role of the indigenous communities in conserving the environment and the global implementation of conservation initiatives is critical (Dorries and Harjo, 2020). However, the sustainability and survival of the indigenous people have been threatened by the actions of the global communities, either directly towards the indigenous people or their natural environments. The majority population's oppression and suffering levied on the indigenous people have resulted in resistance and activism initiatives to protect their natural habitats and communities. 

There is considerable evidence depicting how the local indigenous people have been exposed to cultural, social, and environmental exploitation to protect their ecological sustainability. For example, many local indigenous community members have lost their lives, and others jailed to advocate for the conservation of their environment. Therefore, the indigenous communities have been even deprived of their indigenous land and resource rights, and hence their survival and sustainability have been significantly compromised (Garnett et al., 2018).  Furthermore, some indigenous communities have been extensively exploited to protect their natural environments by their state governments and authorities. For example, the construction of the oil pipeline line 3 in northern Minnesota has had numerous impacts on the native indigenous communities, who only advocate for the conservation of their environment.

Moreover, understanding indigenous people's rights and international conservation efforts are critical to global sustainability and integration. However, the indigenous oppression carried out by the United States government and its impacts on the environment through environmental racism, marginalization, and colonialism is a drawback to conservation and indigenous people's sustainability. Furthermore, colonialism has had significant effects on the indigenous communities and their natural environments through land alienation, mental corruption, environmental racism, extraction, and exploitation (Gordon et al., 2021). The global Community should develop initiatives to reduce indigenous expiation and promote international integration. The indigenous communities have to be empowered economically, socially, and mentally to promote their sustainability. Therefore, the empowerment of the indigenous communities will lower their dependency on natural environmental resources and promote global conservation and protection initiatives.

Overview on Roles of Community-Based Social Workers on Indigenous Peoples` Rights and Environmental Conservation

Community-based environmental, social workers are vital in attaining sustainability in the local environment and economy.  Moreover, given the indigenous communities' GLOBAL position, impacts, and role on international environmental protection and conservation, their collective effort is critical in attaining a holistic solution to environmental sustainability (Mishra et al., 2021). Therefore, indigenous rights and conservation issues call for a sustainable approach to ensure the proper attainment of global intergradation. Moreover, the cultural significance of land ownership and management in the indigenous communities is critical in achieving conservation and sustainable initiatives. Furthermore, the local and global society must ensure that the indigenouscommunityy and the international stakeholders agree about indigenous rights and conservation. Therefore, the indigenous Community's environmental and social workers are significant to the indigenous people's empowerment, which significantly enhances international environmental protection and sustainability.

OUTLINE ON SOCIAL AND POPULATION ISSUES

TOPIC; Social Work and Social Welfare Issues Review: Roles and Responsibilities of

 Community Based Environmental Social Workers.

THESIS STATEMENT: The paper summarizes all the roles and efforts of the community-based environmental and social workers towards the indigenous Community's survival, activism, and resistance against oppression and exploitation of indigenous people and their environments.

SUMMARY OF THE TOPIC ANALYSIS 

• Introduction to the Role of Community Based Environmental Social Workers
• Indigenous Communities Based Social Work and Environmental Conservation
• Overview on Roles of Community-Based Social Workers on Indigenous Peoples` Rights and Environmental Conservation