Authors
Alex Callen, Matt W Hayward, Kaya Klop-Toker, Benjamin L Allen, Guy Ballard, Chad T Beranek, Femke Broekhuis, Cassandra K Bugir, Rohan H Clarke, John Clulow, Simon Clulow, Jennifer C Daltry, Harriet T Davies-Mostert, Yamil E Di Blanco, Victoria Dixon, Peter JS Fleming, Lachlan G Howell, Graham IH Kerley, Sarah M Legge, Dean J Lenga, Tom Major, Robert A Montgomery, Katherine Moseby, Ninon Meyer, Dan M Parker, Stephanie Periquet, John Read, Robert J Scanlon, Craig Shuttleworth, Cottrell T Tamessar, William Andrew Taylor, Katherine Tuft, Rose MO Upton, Marcia Valenzuela, Ryan R Witt, Wolfgang Wüster
Publication date
2020/1/1
Journal
Biological conservation
Volume
241
Pages
108365
Publisher
Elsevier
Description
The ‘Compassionate Conservation’ movement is gaining momentum through its promotion of ‘ethical’ conservation practices based on self-proclaimed principles of ‘first-do-no-harm’ and ‘individuals matter’. We argue that the tenets of ‘Compassionate Conservation’ are ideological - that is, they are not scientifically proven to improve conservation outcomes, yet are critical of the current methods that do. In this paper we envision a future with ‘Compassionate Conservation’ and predict how this might affect global biodiversity conservation. Taken literally, ‘Compassionate Conservation’ will deny current conservation practices such as captive breeding, introduced species control, biocontrol, conservation fencing, translocation, contraception, disease control and genetic introgression. Five mainstream conservation practices are used to illustrate the far-reaching and dire consequences for global biodiversity if governed by …
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