ECOS 36 (2) Does conservation need an exit strategy? The case for minimal management. Joe Gray and Patrick Curry

Abstract: The spectrum of potential conservation philosophies contains the ideals of preservationists towards one end and rewilding at the other. A long-term antagonism between these two schools will almost certainly be to the detriment of non-human nature. This article suggests conservation management ‘exit strategies’ that would separate the impacts of active conservation from ecological process such as evolution, without undermining the short-term focus on preserving threatened species. It also explores the case for a more dynamic natural world, in particular by looking at what the field of ecological ethics can tell us.

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Gray, Joe and Curry, Patrick “ECOS 36 (2) Does conservation need an exit strategy? The case for minimal management. Joe Gray and Patrick Curry” ECOS vol. 36(2) 2015, British Association of Nature Conservationists, www.ecos.org.uk/ecos-36-2-does-conservation-need-an-exit-strategy-the-case-for-minimal-management-joe-gray-and-patrick-curry/.