It seems to me that we are stuck in a rut. The demise of wildlife and wild places continues unabated and although conservation works, it’s still stuck in the “small movement” phase. The restoration of an area of forest, or the down-listing of a species on the IUCN Red List […]
Perhaps the most common criticism targeted at conservationists and the environmental movement more generally is that it is anti-development. I find this frustrating, because from my experience, it’s exactly the opposite. Most of the conservationists I know: Don’t want to ban new oil palm plantations. They recognise that oil palm […]