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AMBIO
Volume 50, Issue 5, Pages 976-980Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-020-01399-5
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Biodiversity; Ecosystem processes; Indigenous peoples; Habitat fragment; Saving; nature
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Conservation science, as a new and evolving discipline, requires exploring different approaches to protect biodiversity. It is important to find ways to reconcile the relationship between humans and nature, rather than relying solely on traditional indigenous knowledge.
Conservation science is a new and evolving discipline, so it seems prudent to explore different approaches. That said, we should examine what we know and, vitally, what works to conserve biodiversity and what does not. Ecosystem processes determine the fate of many species, but many attempts to theorise about ecosystems have led to ever more fanciful descriptions of nature. All conservation is local. It will only succeed if we find ways to accommodate people and nature. That does not mean indigenous knowledge acquired over millennia will be sufficient to our ever more overcrowded planet. Observational and experimental studies of small populations of wild species, however, do provide practical insights into how to manage biodiversity across much larger geographical extents.
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