The meetings were strange, for ecological conservationists and crusty ranchers came together in the same room, in agreement for once.
Many different disciplines are involved in ecological evaluation, including biologists, conservationists, foresters, restoration ecologists, ecological engineers, economists, hydrologist, and geologists.
The bad news: On 10 November, the South Korean government broke ground on its massive Four Rivers Project, which could result in more than a dozen new dams and a wholesale reshaping of four major waterways that conservationists consider an ecological disaster.
She likes to frame ecological arguments not in the common conservationist language of interdiction — consume less, reduce your food miles, lose those incandescent bulbs — but rather as overtures to more engaged and imaginative participation.
Conservationists say there is no ecological reason for this wipeout – no habitat loss, no food shortages, no killer disease – only a conflict of interest between a lucrative business and one of our most impressive predators.
While proving effective, game-proof fencing comes at a financial cost (construction, maintenance and patrol) which may prove prohibitive in some countries (Sutmoller 2002; Sinkala et al. 2014) and continue to meet mounting resistance from conservationists due to its detrimental ecological effects (Mbaiwa and Mbaiwa 2006; Gadd 2012).
From time to time, a team of veterinarians and scientists from around the world work with the Chicago Zoological Society's Sarasota Dolphin Research Program to conduct health assessments and photo-identification surveys of the Sarasota dolphin community, gathering biological, behavioral, ecological and health data for use by field biologists, conservationists and veterinarians.
But the practice can do more harm than good if conservationists aren't mindful of economic and ecological realities, researchers report in the 13 March issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Conservationists know that other activities, like research and ecological tourism, can help by suppressing poaching and providing an alternative source of income for local people.
Because of these forests' rarity and because their ecological value is more appreciated than it used to be, conservationists in recent years have been more successful in protecting what is left.
Neither should local peoples' ambivalence necessarily be interpreted as anti-conservationist. Based on their own experiences and ecological knowledge, they may have reasons to believe that they are themselves better equipped to manage resource uses than government.
