Will global spatial planning save the world’s biodiversity? (No, it won’t.) For those engaged in developing the new Global Biodiversity Framework: four lessons from the past, and a warning for the fut
Will global spatial planning save the world’s biodiversity? (No, it won’t.) For those engaged in developing the new Global Biodiversity Framework: four lessons from the past, and a warning for the fut
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By Simon Counsell 1. Summary The proposal that governments should aim to bring the entire planet – land and oceans included – under some form of spatial planning by 2030 is key to a draft new global plan to protect the world’s biodiversity. The success of many other proposals within the plan, including to designate thirty percent of Earth as protected areas, will rely heavily on such geographical planning. But the proposal makes huge and unjustified assumptions about both the capacity and willingness of governments to do such spatial planning in a way that guarantees wildlife protection. It also ignores some lessons from the past, where spatial planning led to disastrous outcomes for biodiversity. This article explores why the proposal is seriously flawed and needs fundamental reconsideration.
Will global spatial planning save the world’s biodiversity? (No, it won’t.) For those engaged in developing the new Global Biodiversity Framework: four lessons from the past, and a warning for the fut
Will global spatial planning save the world’s…
Will global spatial planning save the world’s biodiversity? (No, it won’t.) For those engaged in developing the new Global Biodiversity Framework: four lessons from the past, and a warning for the fut
By Simon Counsell 1. Summary The proposal that governments should aim to bring the entire planet – land and oceans included – under some form of spatial planning by 2030 is key to a draft new global plan to protect the world’s biodiversity. The success of many other proposals within the plan, including to designate thirty percent of Earth as protected areas, will rely heavily on such geographical planning. But the proposal makes huge and unjustified assumptions about both the capacity and willingness of governments to do such spatial planning in a way that guarantees wildlife protection. It also ignores some lessons from the past, where spatial planning led to disastrous outcomes for biodiversity. This article explores why the proposal is seriously flawed and needs fundamental reconsideration.