Journal article
Why Politics and Context Matter in Conservation Policy
FLP Damiens, L Mumaw, A Backstrom, SA Bekessy, B Coffey, R Faulkner, GE Garrard, MJ Hardy, AM Kusmanoff, L Mata, L Rickards, MJ Selinske, N Torabi, A Gordon
Global Policy | WILEY | Published : 2017
Abstract
Kareiva and Fuller (2016) consider the future prospects for biodiversity conservation in the face of the profound disruptions of the Anthropocene. They argue that more flexible and entrepreneurial approaches to conservation are needed. While some of the approaches they promote may work in particular situations, we believe their proposal risks unintended and detrimental social and ecological consequences by presenting them as global solutions to complex political, economic, social and ethical problems that are context-dependent. Here we argue that the authors inadequately considers the following core issues of biodiversity conservation, namely: (1) the structural causes of biodiversity deplet..
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Awarded by Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, Australian Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
We would like to thank Raven Marie Cretney and Merina Lohani Sitoula for useful discussions on this topic. This research was supported by the Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project DP150103122, and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions. Sarah Bekessy was supported by an ARC Future Fellowship FT130101225. Georgia Garrard and Richard Faulkner were supported by the Australian Government's National Environmental Science Programme Threatened Species Hub. Luis Mata was supported by the Australian Government's National Environmental Science Programme Clean Air and Urban Landscapes Hub.