11 research outputs found
Book Review Essay: Sustainability, Democracy, and Pragmatism Bryan Norton's Philosophy of Ecosystem Management
Multidimensional evaluation of managed relocation
Managed relocation (MR) has rapidly emerged as a potential intervention strategy in the toolbox of biodiversity management under climate change. Previous authors have suggested that MR (also referred to as assisted colonization, assisted migration, or assisted translocation) could be a last-alternative option after interrogating a linear decision tree. We argue that numerous interacting and value-laden considerations demand a more inclusive strategy for evaluating MR. The pace of modern climate change demands decision making with imperfect information, and tools that elucidate this uncertainty and integrate scientific information and social values are urgently needed. We present a heuristic tool that incorporates both ecological and social criteria in a multidimensional decision-making framework. For visualization purposes, we collapse these criteria into 4 classes that can be depicted in graphical 2-D space. This framework offers a pragmatic approach for summarizing key dimensions of MR: capturing uncertainty in the evaluation criteria, creating transparency in the evaluation process, and recognizing the inherent tradeoffs that different stakeholders bring to evaluation of MR and its alternatives.Articl
Progress or return? Interpreting Leopold’s ‘land ethic’ as an evolutionary-ecological critique of modernity
Multidimensional evaluation of managed relocation
Managed relocation (MR) has rapidly emerged as a potential intervention strategy in the toolbox of biodiversity management under climate change. Previous authors have suggested that MR (also referred to as assisted colonization, assisted migration, or
assisted translocation) could be a last-alternative option after interrogating a linear decision tree. We argue that numerous
interacting and value-laden considerations demand a more inclusive strategy for evaluating MR. The pace of modern climate
change demands decision making with imperfect information, and tools that elucidate this uncertainty and integrate scientific information and social values are urgently needed. We present a heuristic tool that incorporates both ecological and social criteria in a multidimensional decision-making framework. For visualization
purposes, we collapse these criteria into 4 classes that can be depicted in graphical 2-D space. This framework offers a pragmatic
approach for summarizing key dimensions of MR: capturing uncertainty in the evaluation criteria, creating transparency in the
evaluation process, and recognizing the inherent tradeoffs that different stakeholders bring to evaluation of MR and its alternatives.Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biolog
Managed relocation: Integrating the scientific, regulatory, and ethical challenges
Managed relocation is defined as the movement of species, populations, or genotypes to places outside the areas of their historical distributions
to maintain biological diversity or ecosystem functioning with changing climate. It has been claimed that a major extinction event is under way
and that climate
change is increasing its severity. Projections indicating that climate change may drive substantial losses of biodiversity have
compelled some scientists to suggest that traditional management strategies are insufficient. The managed relocation of species is a controversial
management response to climate change. The published literature has emphasized biological concerns over difficult ethical, legal, and policy issues.
Furthermore,
ongoing managed relocation actions lack scientific and societal engagement. Our interdisciplinary team considered ethics, law,
policy, ecology, and natural resources management to identify the key issues of managed relocation relevant for developing sound policies that
support decisions for resource management. We recommend that government agencies develop and adopt best practices for managed relocation