Is conservation triage just smart decision making?

Publication Type:

Journal Article

Authors:

Bottrill, Madeleine C.; Joseph, Liana N.; Carwardine, Josie; Bode, Michael; Cook, Carly; Game, Edward T.; Grantham, Hedley; Kark, Salit; Linke, Simon; McDonald-Madden, Eve; Pressey, Robert L.; Walker, Susan; Wilson, Kerrie A.; Possingham, Hugh P.

Source:

Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Cell Press and Elsevier Ltd., Volume 23, Issue 12, p.649–654 (2008)

Call Number:

A08BOT01IDUS

URL:

http://www.cell.com/trends/ecology-evolution/abstract/S0169-5347(08)00281-4

Keywords:

Conservation

Abstract:

Conservation efforts and emergency medicine face comparable problems: how to use scarce resources wisely to conserve valuable assets. In both fields, the process of prioritizing actions is known as triage. Although often used implicitly by conservation managers, scientists, and policymakers, triage has been misinterpreted as the process of simply deciding which assets (e.g., species, habitats) will not receive investment. As a consequence, triage is sometimes associated with a defeatist conservation ethic. However, triage is no more than the efficient allocation of conservation resources, and we risk wasting scarce resources if we do not follow its basic principles.

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