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Envisioning the future with ‘compassionate conservation’: An ominous projection for native wildlife and biodiversity

2020-01-01

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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 pap...

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Literature Corpus work: 0c995b34-70bf-5738-865f-7a3c1780f1bd
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108365

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