{"id":11843,"date":"2013-07-26T12:35:56","date_gmt":"2013-07-26T16:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/collideascape\/?p=11843"},"modified":"2013-07-26T12:35:56","modified_gmt":"2013-07-26T16:35:56","slug":"the-future-of-conservation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/?p=11843","title":{"rendered":"The Future of Conservation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> 
<a href="https://ramedicare.com/about-us/">https://ramedicare.com/about-us/</a> I&#8217;m tempted to cut to the chase and tell you at the outset that conservationists have come a long away from the sense of urgency that in the mid-1980s gave birth to the field of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/scitable\/knowledge\/library\/conservation-biology-16089256\" target=\"_blank\">conservation biology<\/a>, which Michael Soule <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelsoule.com\/resource_files\/85\/85_resource_file1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">defined<\/a> as a &#8220;crisis discipline.&#8221; True, for foot soldiers carrying the biodiversity flag the core mission of conservation biology remains intact, as Mark Burgman, the new editor-in-chief of the field&#8217;s flagship journal, has just\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/cobi.12112\/full\" target=\"_blank\">reaffirmed<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p> 
<a href="http://www.amandasatoz.com/?page_id=1322">http://www.amandasatoz.com/?page_id=1322</a> In 2000, Ed Wilson described conservation biology candidly as \u201ca discipline with a deadline\u201d and an \u201cintensive-care ward of ecology\u201d (volume 14, issue 1, pp. 1\u20133). Not much has changed. Triage is topical, and translating science into policy recommendations and action remains a key theme in many papers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> 
<a href="https://prosthodontistlasvegas.com/contacts/">Ambien Without Prescription</a> At the ground level, however, where conservation managers must reconcile the needs of human and ecological communities, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk\/blog\/view\/99\" target=\"_blank\">much has changed<\/a>. This has been a bitter pill for purists and some of them <a href=\"http:\/\/conservationbytes.com\/2013\/05\/28\/climate-catch-22\/\" target=\"_blank\">refuse to swallow it<\/a>. For pragmatists, well, they now live by the creed of a Rolling Stones classic.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p> 
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<a href="https://dentalprovidence.com/crowding/">https://dentalprovidence.com/crowding/</a> The bigger question, which I&#8217;ve explored in several essays (such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/health_and_science\/science\/2012\/12\/modern_green_movement_eco_pragmatists_are_challenging_traditional_environmentalists.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/collideascape\/2012\/04\/17\/the-green-modernist-vision\/#.UfKRro4rz18\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>), is whether the purist and pragmatist strands of conservation (and more broadly, environmentalism), can be reconciled? I&#8217;m not sure they can. I&#8217;ve <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/health_and_science\/science\/2012\/12\/modern_green_movement_eco_pragmatists_are_challenging_traditional_environmentalists.html\" target=\"_blank\">argued<\/a>\u00a0that enviros have to <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/crux\/2012\/04\/27\/the-limits-to-environmentalism\/#.UfKjnI4rz18\" target=\"_blank\">first jettison<\/a> a moldy worldview and embrace a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/collideascape\/2012\/04\/17\/the-green-modernist-vision\/#.UfKRro4rz18\" target=\"_blank\">modernist green outlook<\/a>\u00a0given expression by a renegade group of intellectuals and thinkers:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p> 
<a href="https://www.randwickpsychologycentre.com/therapists/">Ambien 10 Mg Price</a> Pro-technology, pro-city, pro-growth, the green modernist has\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/grist.org\/politics\/doe-reprint\/full\/\" target=\"_blank\">emerged<\/a>\u00a0in recent years to advance an alternative vision for the future&#8230;In this vision, the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ngm.nationalgeographic.com\/2011\/03\/age-of-man\/kolbert-text\" target=\"_blank\">Anthropocene<\/a>\u00a0is not something to rail against, but to embrace. It is about welcoming that world, not dreading it. It is about creating a future that environmentalists will help shape for the better.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> 
<a href="https://www.andrewplimmer.com/contact/"></a> Recently, Fred Pearce has echoed this theme in a <a href=\"http:\/\/e360.yale.edu\/feature\/new_green_vision_technology_as_our_planets_last_best_hope_\/2671\/\" target=\"_blank\">piece<\/a> for <em>Yale Environment 360 and\u00a0<\/em>Hillary Rosner has examined it (from a conservation perspective) in a nice <a href=\"http:\/\/ensia.com\/features\/is-conservation-extinct\/\" target=\"_blank\">article<\/a>\u00a0for <em>Ensia,\u00a0<\/em>a smartly produced webzine <a href=\"http:\/\/ensia.com\/about\/overview\/\" target=\"_blank\">sponsored<\/a>\u00a0by the University of Minnesota&#8217;s Institute on the Environment. Rosner discusses the emerging worldview that has been laid out in thought provocative manifestos by the Nature Conservancy&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/thebreakthrough.org\/index.php\/journal\/past-issues\/issue-2\/conservation-in-the-anthropocene\/\" target=\"_blank\">Peter Kareiva<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2005\/02\/06\/national\/06enviro.html?_r=1&amp;\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus<\/a>\u00a0of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebreakthrough.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Breakthrough Institute<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> 
<a href="https://rgprincipal.com/contact-four/"></a> She also interviews mainstream figures in the environmental movement, such as Jon Hoekstra, the chief scientist for the World Wildlife Fund, who appear to be pivoting from outdated notions of conservation to a more pragmatic mindset:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p> 
<a href="https://growthjourneytherapy.com/methods/narrative-therapy/"></a> With the pivot, the goals of conservation remain roughly the same \u2014 protecting natural habitat, preventing species from vanishing \u2014 but they\u2019re set within an entirely different frame. Instead of asking, \u201cHow can we stop this thing we don\u2019t want?\u201d \u2014 exurban sprawl in place of a prairie, say \u2014 we might ask, \u201cHow can we engineer this thing we do want?\u201d \u2014 thriving urban centers or wildlife-friendly ranchland, for example. Instead of setting aside vast tracts of land, we stitch together mosaics \u2014 landscapes that combine sustainable food production with natural habitat. \u201cIf we apply conservation science in a smart way,\u201d Hoekstra says, \u201cwe can make those landscapes work for people and protect biodiversity. We\u2019re not going to always get both those things right, but I think it\u2019s our only chance.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> 
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