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| Provedor de dados: |
Ecology and Society
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| País: |
Canada
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| Título: |
Rethinking legal objectives for climate-adaptive conservation
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| Autores: |
McDonald, Jan; Faculty of Law, University of Tasmania; Centre for Marine Socioecology; jan.mcdonald@utas.edu.au
McCormack, Phillipa C; Faculty of Law, University of Tasmania; phillipa.mccormack@utas.edu.au
Fleming, Aysha J; CSIRO Land and Water; Centre for Marine Socioecology; aysha.fleming@csiro.au
Harris, Rebecca M.B.; Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre, University of Tasmania; r.m.b.harris@utas.edu.au
Lockwood, Michael; Geography and Spatial Sciences, School of Land and Food, University of Tasmania; Michael.Lockwood@utas.edu.au
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| Data: |
2016-05-18
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| Ano: |
2016
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| Palavras-chave: |
Climate change adaptation
Conservation law
Conservation objectives
Law reform
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| Resumo: |
This paper examines conservation objectives in Australian law in the context of climate change. The rate of climate change and the scale and extent of its impacts on natural systems drive the need to re-evaluate current conservation objectives, from basic concept definitions, to overarching goals and values, to the way they are operationalized at all levels. We outline the case for reform of objectives in the legal framework for conservation and discuss three key strategies that would facilitate this transition: (1) acknowledgment in conservation law of system dynamism; (2) focus on ecosystem function, stability, and resilience; and (3) an explicit recognition that systems operate across multiple scales. Law reform is a slow process, but the potential of climate change to drive transformational changes means that urgent action is needed to overcome the limitations of current objectives and in the legal framework itself.
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| Tipo: |
Peer-Reviewed Reports
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
vol21/iss2/art25/
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| Editor: |
Resilience Alliance
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| Formato: |
text/html application/pdf
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| Fonte: |
Ecology and Society; Vol. 21, No. 2 (2016)
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