CONDJUST is an ERC funded project that works with conservation models and communities of practice to develop new theories and practices of socially just decolonised conservation.
Conservation Data Justice is an emerging research field that explores the data justice implications of data used in conservation decision-making, particularly in prioritization exercises. It is becoming increasingly important as the new ’30 by 30′ resolution from the recent Biodiversity CoP in Montreal takes effect. This calls for effective conservation action over 30% of the world’s land and seas by 2030.
But where should that conservation attention be directed? What might happen to people, and biodiversity, under different conservation regimes? Answering these questions requires complex modelling work, which must involve many forms of data, all which are which are likely to be flawed in diverse ways.
CONDJUST (Conservation Data Justice) will interrogate conservation data and models and explore the epistemic communities producing them, to develop new theories of socially just, data-driven conservation. It will challenge the colonising tendencies of prioritisation work and seek decolonising alternatives.
CONDJUST is funded by the European Union (ERC, CONDJUST, 101054259). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Council Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.