Engaging with the science and politics of biodiversity futures: a literature review

• Published in: Environmental conservation Vol. 48; no. 1; pp. 8 - 15
• Main Authors: Wyborn, Carina, Louder, Elena, Harfoot, Mike, Hill, Samantha
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.03.2021
• Subjects: Anthropocene; Anthropocene epoch; Biodiversity; Climate change; Community ecology; Conservation; Decision making; Ecosystems; Environmental changes; Futures; human population; Human populations; humans; Literature reviews; natural resources conservation; Overexploitation; Politics; pollution; Population growth; Scholarships & fellowships; Science; Social sciences; Society; Subject Review; Thematic Section: Biodiversity Revisited; Urbanization; Values; Wildlife conservation; Anthropocene; futures thinking scenarios; imagination; anticipation; biodiversity futures

Future global environmental change will have a significant impact on biodiversity through the intersecting forces of climate change, urbanization, human population growth, overexploitation, and pollution. This presents a fundamental challenge to conservation approaches, which seek to conserve past o...