How big donors and corporations shape conservation goals

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  • How big donors and corporations shape conservation goals
    https://news.mongabay.com/2016/05/big-donors-corporations-shape-conservation-goals

    Philosophical changes inside #conservation groups have also driven this shift from a wildlife-centric approach to a human-centric one, including a focus on programs like certification schemes for eco-friendlier products and so-called “payment for ecosystem services” projects that attempt to leverage the market to pay to preserve natural processes like carbon sequestration and water filtration.

    This shift in conservation — and conservation thinking — has been called “new conservation.” Of course, like so many “new” ideas, it’s not exactly new. Environmentalists have long fought to make a healthier world for people through environmental protections. But over the last thirty years or so, influenced by the rise of neo-liberal capitalism in the 1980s, there has been a novel and aggressive drive to find out just how much nature is worth to humans in economic terms.

    #biodiversité #ong #wwf