How “wasted” is Changthang? A mapped conundrum
A high-altitude plateau where no trees grow. The place where the Changpa herders live. A dry and hostile place. A […]
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Publication spotlight: A social network analysis of an epistemic community studying neoliberal conservation
Link to article in Conservation Biology: https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.70001 Authored by: Brittany Bunce, Elia Apostolopoulou, Sara Maestre Andres, Alejandra Pizarro Choy, Marina […]
byPublication Spotlight: Disentangling the drivers of vegetation change in a mobility-constrained pastoral landscape in Laikipia Kenya
Authored by Ryan Unks Misreading the Northeastern Laikipia landscape Surprisingly, “community based conservancies” in Kenya often lack empirical support for […]
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Publication Spotlight: Prospects and perils in the geospatial turn of conservation
Authored by Jocelyne Sze and Laura Sauls Conservation increasingly relies on big spatial data (including global maps) for decision-making, but […]
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Philanthropy’s evolving role in conservation at the WCC
There were a number of firsts at this year’s World Conservation Congress. Not only was it the first year to […]
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Dynamics and messages of the World Conservation Congress 2025
The International Union for Nature Conservation’s (IUCN) World Conservation Congress (WCC) takes place once every four years. It is a […]
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OECMs: a debated key theme at the World Conservation Congress
Other Effective Conservation Measures (OECMs) were among the most prominent themes during the World Conservation Congress held in Abu Dhabi, […]
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Reflections on area-based conservation from the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025
I recently spent a few days at the Forum segment of the IUCN World Conservation Congress (WCC) in Abu Dhabi, […]
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Tech and People at the World Conservation Congress
The recently concluded IUCN World Conservation Congress at Abu Dhabi was a real eye-opener for me. It was my first […]
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Data and Indicators at the World Conservation Congress
The World Conservation Congress at Abu Dhabi was an organised maelstrom of activities which CONDJUST attributed to by attending en […]
byThe Political Ecology of Blockchain in Nature Conservation and Restoration
Blockchain technology – originally developed as the underlying digital infrastructure for crypto currency Bitcoin – has since its inception in […]
byPublication Spotlight: Beyond spatial bias: understanding the colonial legacies and contemporary social forces shaping biodiversity data
Authored by Hilary Faxon & Millie Chapman How do historical and contemporary social forces shape what we know about nature? […]
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