Wildlife conservation and management (WCM) practices have been historically drawn from
a wide variety of academic fields, yet practitioners have been slow to engage with emerging …

Compassionate conservation holds that compassion should transform conservation. It has
prompted heated debate and has been criticized strongly. We reviewed the debate to …

It is time to acknowledge and overcome conservation's deep-seated systemic racism, which
has historically marginalized Black, Indigenous and people of colour (BIPOC) communities …

The widespread activity of recreational hunting is proposed as a means of conserving nature
and supporting livelihoods. However, recreational hunting—especially trophy hunting—has …

Empathy for nature is considered a prerequisite for sustainable interactions with the
biosphere. Yet to date, empirical research on how to stimulate empathy remains scarce …

Compassionate conservation focuses on 4 tenets: first, do no harm; individuals matter;
inclusivity of individual animals; and peaceful coexistence between humans and animals …

Recent debates around the meaning and implications of compassionate conservation
suggest that some conservationists consider emotion a false and misleading basis for moral …

Compassionate conservation is based on the ethical position that actions taken to protect
biodiversity should be guided by compassion for all sentient beings. Critics argue that there …

Conservation relies on cooperation among different interest groups and appropriate use of
evidence to make decisions that benefit people and biodiversity. However, misplaced …

Planet Earth is undergoing unprecedented levels of environmental degradation and
destruction at a global scale. Incentivizing people to adopt behaviors that are compatible …