Is conservation triage just smart decision making?
Trends Ecol Evol
; 23(12): 649-54, 2008 Dec.
Article
de En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18848367
ABSTRACT
Conservation efforts and emergency medicine face comparable problems how to use scarce resources wisely to conserve valuable assets. In both fields, the process of prioritising actions is known as triage. Although often used implicitly by conservation managers, scientists and policymakers, triage has been misinterpreted as the process of simply deciding which assets (e.g. species, habitats) will not receive investment. As a consequence, triage is sometimes associated with a defeatist conservation ethic. However, triage is no more than the efficient allocation of conservation resources and we risk wasting scarce resources if we do not follow its basic principles.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Base de données:
MEDLINE
Sujet principal:
Conservation des ressources naturelles
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Prise de décision
Aspects:
Ethics
Limites:
Animals
Langue:
En
Journal:
Trends Ecol Evol
Année:
2008
Type de document:
Article
Pays d'affiliation:
Australie