| Is conservation triage just smart decision making? | |
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PMID: 18848367 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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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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Authors:
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Madeleine C Bottrill; Liana N Joseph; Josie Carwardine; Michael Bode; Carly Cook; Edward T Game; Hedley Grantham; Salit Kark; Simon Linke; Eve McDonald-Madden; Robert L Pressey; Susan Walker; Kerrie A Wilson; Hugh P Possingham |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2008-10-09 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Trends in ecology & evolution Volume: 23 ISSN: 0169-5347 ISO Abbreviation: Trends Ecol. Evol. (Amst.) Publication Date: 2008 Dec |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-11-10 Completed Date: 2009-03-05 Revised Date: 2011-05-03 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8805125 Medline TA: Trends Ecol Evol Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 649-54 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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The University of Queensland, The Applied Environmental Decision Analysis Centre, The Ecology Centre, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia. m.bottrill@uq.edu.au |
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Animals Biodiversity Conservation of Natural Resources* / economics Decision Making* Social Values |
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Trends Ecol Evol. 2009 Apr;24(4):181; author reply 183-4
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Trends Ecol Evol. 2009 Apr;24(4):180; author reply 183-4 [PMID: 19233507 ] Trends Ecol Evol. 2009 Apr;24(4):182; author reply 183-4 [PMID: 19249116 ] |
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