Re-centering social justice in conservation science: Progressive policies, methods, and practices

From the inception of the field itself, conservation biology has been described as a mission-driven discipline. While the mission orientation has been aligned to protect and recover biodiversity, the manner in which conservation practice has been implemented has, at various times and in various plac...

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Veröffentlicht in:Biological conservation Jg. 294; S. 110600
Hauptverfasser: Montgomery, Robert A., Kabra, Asmita, Kepe, Thembela, Garnett, Stephen, Merino, Roger
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2024
Schlagworte:
biodiversity
Biodiversity conservation
conservation practices
fabrics
Human rights
humans
Indigenous peoples and local communities
Local ecological knowledge
people
Protected areas
Social justice
wildlife management
Protected areas
Biodiversity conservation
Indigenous peoples and local communities
Human rights
Local ecological knowledge
Social justice
ISSN:0006-3207, 1873-2917
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Zusammenfassung:From the inception of the field itself, conservation biology has been described as a mission-driven discipline. While the mission orientation has been aligned to protect and recover biodiversity, the manner in which conservation practice has been implemented has, at various times and in various places, come at a cost to the basic rights of local people. With multi-national commitments aiming to expand protected areas both in number and size, there is the potential for human rights violations to also rise. Importantly, biodiversity conservation and human rights are not incompatible spheres. Herein, both ecological and social values can be integrated to reshape conservation science and increase the efficacy of the discipline's applied practices. To do so, however, the social justice dimensions must be highlighted and amplified and various methods, techniques, and applied practices to uplift local people in conservation, must necessarily be incorporated. To this end we have edited a Special Issue in Biological Conservation called “The Central Importance of Social Justice in Conservation.” Here, we discuss the reasons why social justice is integral to effective conservation practice. We then briefly highlight the impressive work being performed around the world to embed principles of social justice within the fabric of progressive conservation practice. Exploring case studies of emergent techniques and methods to conserve biodiversity and improve the well-being of local human communities, we conclude by discussing how the integrity of coupled human and natural systems requires conservation practice that facilitates the protection of biodiversity via the promotion of human social justice.
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ISSN:0006-3207
1873-2917
DOI:10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110600