WPC2014: How to spin a reef
Posted: December 2, 2014 | Author: elkjam | Filed under: Australia, Conservation, Economics, Environment, Politics | Tags: Great Barrier Reef, Issue Framing, IUCN, Threatened Species, World Parks Congress | Leave a commentPart 1
How we frame environmental issues affects the kinds of solutions we generate. Many of the discussions I heard at the IUCN World Parks Congress (Congress) sought to reorient protected area (PA) management efforts into broader geographic landscapes to engage bordering communities and industries in the process of ecosystem protection. Further re-framing sought to turn the question of whether we are protecting enough space into a question about what we hope to achieve through such protection, and whether the spaces we have selected (and seek to select) for protection will aid in achieving these goals. continue reading...