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Equity trade-offs in conservation decision making.

Elizabeth A Law^1,2, Nathan J Bennett^3,4,5, Christopher D Ives⁶

¹ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, 4072, Australia.

Conservation Biology : the Journal of the Society for Conservation Biology

|September 2, 2017

Summary

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Conservation planning must address social equity complexities. This study advocates for transparent, nuanced equity integration to prevent conflicts and ensure better conservation outcomes.

Keywords:

compensaciones conservation planning conservation policy environmental management ethical pluralism manejo ambiental planeación de la conservación pluralismo ético política de la conservación prioritization priorización trade-offs

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Area of Science:

Conservation Science
Environmental Ethics
Social-Ecological Systems

Background:

Conservation decisions often involve multiple, complex environmental and social objectives.
Social equity is a key objective but frequently oversimplified or ill-defined in conservation policy.
Ethical frameworks shape diverse and potentially conflicting conceptions of equity.

Purpose of the Study:

To promote a more transparent, nuanced, and pluralistic conceptualization of equity in conservation decision-making.
To identify and mitigate ethical conflicts arising from equity objectives.
To encourage analytical incorporation of equity into conservation planning.

Main Methods:

Conceptual analysis of ethical frameworks and equity in conservation.
Promoting explicit articulation of equity motivations and objectives.
Recommending analytical incorporation and evaluation of equity objectives.

Main Results:

Current approaches to social equity in conservation are often simplified and uncritically applied.
Different ethical perspectives lead to varied and potentially conflicting equity objectives.
Multidimensional equity objectives can conflict, requiring careful consideration.

Conclusions:

Conservation decision-making requires a more sophisticated understanding of social equity.
Explicitly defining and analytically integrating equity objectives is crucial for effective conservation.
Transparent evaluation and adaptation of strategies are needed to avoid unintended negative outcomes.