Biodiversity conservation in a post-COVID-19 economy

The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic extend to global biodiversity and its conservation. Although short-term beneficial or adverse impacts on biodiversity have been widely discussed, there is less attention to the likely political and economic responses to the crisis and their implications for conse...

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Published in:Oryx Vol. 56; no. 2; pp. 277 - 283
Main Authors: Sandbrook, Chris, Gómez-Baggethun, Erik, Adams, William M.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.03.2022
Subjects:
Aviation
Basic income
Biodiversity
biodiversity conservation
Climate change
Conservation
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
COVID-19 infection
Economic activity
Economic conditions
Economic development
Economic growth
Economics
Environmental policy
Environmental protection
Environmental regulations
Forum Article
Funding
issues and policy
Job creation
Oryx
Pandemics
politics
Pollution
Public policy
Recessions
Recovery
Shutdowns
Tax revenues
Taxation
Tourism
Wildlife conservation
COVID-19
degrowth
Biodiversity conservation
green recovery
Green New Deal
political economy
conservation futures
transformative change
ISSN:0030-6053, 1365-3008, 1365-3008
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Summary:The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic extend to global biodiversity and its conservation. Although short-term beneficial or adverse impacts on biodiversity have been widely discussed, there is less attention to the likely political and economic responses to the crisis and their implications for conservation. Here we describe four possible alternative future policy responses: (1) restoration of the previous economy, (2) removal of obstacles to economic growth, (3) green recovery and (4) transformative economic reconstruction. Each alternative offers opportunities and risks for conservation. They differ in the agents they emphasize to mobilize change (e.g. markets or states) and in the extent to which they prioritize or downplay the protection of nature. We analyse the advantages and disadvantages of these four options from a conservation perspective. We argue that the choice of post-COVID-19 recovery strategy has huge significance for the future of biodiversity, and that conservationists of all persuasions must not shrink from engagement in the debates to come.
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ISSN:0030-6053
1365-3008
1365-3008
DOI:10.1017/S0030605320001039