Thinking about conservation

Thinking about conservation

1. Anthropocene

   • new geological epoch
     • evidence: CO2 increase, N2O increase, CH4 increase
     • global biodiversity decrease, amount of domesticated lan increase
   • global scale changes
   • contemporary human-environment relationship
     • 1) global scale impacts
     • 2) long-term consequences
     • 3) complex, interdepend linkages and feedbacks
       • earth system processes 

2. Normative

   • Conservation is
     • conservation requires that we act to achieve some desired ends/ogjectives
   • Make claims about hoe things ought to be/ what should be done
   • Are contested

3. Means and objectives

   • Ends/Objectives
     • Things that matter to people
       • increase employment
       • minimize greenhouse gas emissions
   • Means
     • Actions to achieve ends/objectives

4. What does this have to do with human dimensions?

   • Responding to what many would interpret as a "crisis" in the earth system is a deeply human endeavour
     • reponses shaped by:
       • normative views about the 'right' relationship between humans and non human nature
       • Values and desired objectives
       • institutions and governance

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