Transforming conservation science and practice for a postnormal world.
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Journal Article
Abstract
We examine issues to consider when reframing conservation science and practice in the context of global change. New framings of the links between ecosystems and society are emerging that are changing peoples' values and expectations of nature, resulting in plural perspectives on conservation. Reframing conservation for global change can thus be regarded as a stage in the evolving relationship between people and nature rather than some recent trend. New models of how conservation links with transformative adaptation include how decision contexts for conservation can be reframed and integrated with an adaptation pathways approach to create new options for global-change-ready conservation. New relationships for conservation science and governance include coproduction of knowledge that supports social learning. New processes for implementing adaptation for conservation outcomes include deliberate practices used to develop new strategies, shift world views, work with conflict, address power and intergenerational equity in decisions, and build consciousness and creativity that empower agents to act. We argue that reframing conservation for global change requires scientists and practitioners to implement approaches unconstrained by discipline and sectoral boundaries, geopolitical polarities, or technical problematization. We consider a stronger focus on inclusive creation of knowledge and the interaction of this knowledge with societal values and rules is likely to result in conservation science and practice that meets the challenges of a postnormal world.
Date Issued
2017-06-09
Date Acceptance
2017-02-17
Citation
Conservation Biology, 2017, 31 (5), pp.1008-1017
ISSN
0888-8892
Publisher
Wiley
Start Page
1008
End Page
1017
Journal / Book Title
Conservation Biology
Volume
31
Issue
5
Copyright Statement
© 2017 The Authors. Conservation Biology published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of Society for Conservation Biology.
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
Sponsor
AXA Research Fund
Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28225163
Grant Number
AXA Chair Programme in Biosphere and Climate Impacts
Subjects
adaptation pathways
adaptation services
adaptive governance
aprendizaje
cambio global
co-producción
conocimiento-reglas-valores
coproduction
global change
gobernanza adaptativa
learning
servicios de adaptación
transformación
transformation
values-rules-knowledge
vías de adaptación
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
United States