This paper draws on the Foucauldian notion of biopower to renarrate the development of
conservation science in the US as a form of liberal biopolitical rule. With its emphasis on …

The politics of environmental conservation has long been a key concern for human and
environmental geographers. Recently, geographers have begun to employ Foucauldian …

The term biodiversity may help us to reach beyond the nature–culture dualism that has a
debilitating effect on conservation thinking. This, however, depends on how the term is …

Practice of conservation biology that does not actively and continuously question the values
that shape it is self‐defeating: Conservation biology is inescapably normative. Advocacy for …

In this paper we want to open up for discussion what counts as 'biopolitics'—a term
frequently used by critics and devotees alike to describe the organization of political power …

This article reviews recent literature on the political ecologies of conservation and
environmental change mitigation, highlighting the biopolitical stakes of many writings in this …

Abstract Since the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity, counting and mapping have
come to dominate international debates around biodiversity protection. With the emergence …

Nature conservation has in recent decades become largely synonymous with biodiversity
conservation. Biodiversity is a term with scientific meaning but in policy contexts it also …

Conservation biology has traditionally focused on the fine scale and the species level of
biological organization (Soule and Wilcox 1980), and biotic conservation is only one of the …

In the 20 years since Conservation Biology was launched with the aim of disseminating
scientific knowledge to help conserve biodiversity and the natural world, our discipline has …