New global alliance to help improve the practice of biodiversity conservation

CAMINO, MICAELA; AGHABABYAN, KAREN; AGVAANTSEREN, BAYARJARGAL; ALEXANDER, JUSTINE SHANTI; SURYAWANSHI, KULBHUSHANSINGH; ZHUMABAIUULU?, KUBANYCHBEK; MISHRA, CHARUDUTT; BHALLA, SHIVANI; EPANDA, MANFRED AIMÉ; FARHAN, FARWIZA; LAMA, SONAM TASHI; MATILDE, ESTRELA; MEDELLIN, RODRIGO; SARASOLA, JOSÉ HERNÁN

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CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS

Año: 2023 vol. 57 p. 284 - 285

0030-6053

The global conservation community is facing a critical moment. As climate change and anthropogenic activities such as wars and unsustainable use of resources continue to threaten biodiversity at an unprecedented rate, it is becoming increasingly clear that top–down conservation approaches have been neither sufficient nor ethically sound. Historically, these approaches have led to injustices to and marginalization of local and Indigenous communities, and to compromised long-term conservation outcomes. An expanding group of conservationists, currently representing 23 countries and with a cumulative experience of 45 decades, working across continents and oceans, have announced the formation of the Partners Conservation Alliance. The Alliance´s mission is to help improve how biodiversity conservation is practised worldwide by recognizing and empowering local and Indigenous communities.