Journal
CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND PRACTICE
Volume 3, Issue 9, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/csp2.493
Keywords
Anthropocene; biodiversity loss; climate change; global change; leverage points; new conservation; radicalism; reformism; sustainability; world Scientists' warning to humanity
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Funding
- James S. McDonnell Foundation
- NSERC Discovery Grant
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
- Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarships
- Swedish Research Council Formas Mobility Grant [2020-02293]
- Kone Foundation
- la Caixa Banking Foundation
- Finnish Cultural Foundation
- Emil Aaltonen Foundation
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) [GRK 2123/1 ConFoBi]
- Formas [2020-02293] Funding Source: Formas
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It has been warned by scientists since the 1970s about the severe consequences of the global environmental crisis, yet efforts to address climate change have been lacking. Research on early-career conservation researchers' perspectives revealed diverse views on achieving sustainability, emphasizing reformist actions and systemic transformation across various realms as essential strategies. A framework for ECRs to inspire their research and practice within conservation science is introduced to achieve real change in protecting biological diversity.
Scientists have warned decision-makers about the severe consequences of the global environmental crisis since the 1970s. Yet ecological degradation continues and little has been done to address climate change. We investigated early-career conservation researchers' (ECR) perspectives on, and prioritization of, actions furthering sustainability. We conducted a survey (n = 67) and an interactive workshop (n = 35) for ECR attendees of the 5th European Congress of Conservation Biology (2018). Building on these data and discussions, we identified ongoing and forthcoming advances in conservation science. These include increased transdisciplinarity, science communication, advocacy in conservation, and adoption of a transformation-oriented social-ecological systems approach to research. The respondents and participants had diverse perspectives on how to achieve sustainability. Reformist actions were emphasized as paving the way for more radical changes in the economic system and societal values linked to the environment and inequality. Our findings suggest that achieving sustainability requires a strategy that (1) incorporates the multiplicity of people's views, (2) places a greater value on nature, and (3) encourages systemic transformation across political, social, educational, and economic realms on multiple levels. We introduce a framework for ECRs to inspire their research and practice within conservation science to achieve real change in protecting biological diversity.
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