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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Hard choices: Making trade-offs between biodiversity conservation and human well-being
Biological Conservation, Volume 144, No. 3, Year 2011
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Win-win solutions that both conserve biodiversity and promote human well-being are difficult to realize. Trade-offs and the hard choices they entail are the norm. Since 2008, the Advancing Conservation in a Social Context (ACSC) research initiative has been investigating the complex trade-offs that exist between human well-being and biodiversity conservation goals, and between conservation and other economic, political and social agendas across multiple scales. Resolving trade-offs is difficult because social problems - of which conservation is one - can be perceived and understood in a variety of disparate ways, influenced (in part at least) by how people are raised and educated, their life experiences, and the options they have faced. Pre-existing assumptions about the "right" approach to conservation often obscure important differences in both power and understanding, and can limit the success of policy and programmatic interventions. The new conservation debate challenges conservationists to be explicit about losses, costs, and hard choices so they can be openly discussed and honestly negotiated. Not to do so can lead to unrealized expectations, and ultimately to unresolved conflict. This paper explores the background and limitations of win-win approaches to conservation and human well-being, discusses the prospect of approaching conservation challenges in terms of trade-offs and hard choices, and presents a set of guiding principles that can serve to orient strategic analysis and communication regarding trade-offs. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
McShane, Thomas O.
United States, Tempe
Arizona State University
Hirsch, Paul D.
United States, Syracuse
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
Trung, Tran Chi
Viet Nam, Hanoi
Vietnam National University, Hanoi
Songorwa, Alexander N.
Tanzania, Morogoro
Sokoine University of Agriculture
Kinzig, Ann P.
United States, Tempe
School of Life Sciences
Monteferri, Bruno
Peru, Lima
Sociedad Peruana de Psicometría
Mutekanga, David R.
United States, New York
Wildlife Conservation Society
Thang, Hoang Van
Viet Nam, Hanoi
Vietnam National University, Hanoi
Dammert, Juan Luis
Peru, Lima
Sociedad Peruana de Psicometría
Pulgar-Vidal, Manuel
Peru, Lima
Sociedad Peruana de Psicometría
Welch-Devine, Meredith L.
United States, Athens
University of Georgia
Brosius, J. Peter
United States, Athens
University of Georgia
Coppolillo, Peter B.
United States, New York
Wildlife Conservation Society
O'Connor, Sheila
United States, Tempe
Arizona State University
Statistics
Citations: 838
Authors: 14
Affiliations: 8
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.biocon.2010.04.038
ISSN:
00063207
Research Areas
Health System And Policy