McCook, Laurence (2022) What Do we Need to Achieve Conservation Impact at the Rate and Scale Required to Avert Further Catastrophe? Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin, 31 (3). pp. 72-74.

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[Extract] A harsh truth for conservation and its scientific foundation: we are not succeeding fast enough.

It is time for conservation and conservation science to face up to a harsh truth: from local to global scales, we are not progressing at anything like the scale and rate needed to reverse the catastrophic declines in global climate systems, biodiversity, and ecosystems. Whilst conservation implementation and policy have shown exciting increases and innovations over the last decade, and broad awareness of climate, plastic pollution, and over-fishing is increasing faster than ever before, even a cursory review of media or scientific literature shows that the degradation and loss of biodiversity is increasing, and we are approaching climate tipping points (Lenton et al. 2019).

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