Reframing the Wilderness Concept can Bolster Collaborative Conservation

Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares; Julien Terraube; Michael C Gavin; Aili Pyhälä; Sacha M O Siani; Mar Cabeza; Eduardo S Brondizio

doi:10.1016/j.tree.2020.06.005

Reframing the Wilderness Concept can Bolster Collaborative Conservation

Trends Ecol Evol. 2020 Sep;35(9):750-753. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2020.06.005. Epub 2020 Jul 28.

Authors

Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares¹, Julien Terraube², Michael C Gavin³, Aili Pyhälä⁴, Sacha M O Siani⁵, Mar Cabeza², Eduardo S Brondizio⁶

Affiliations

¹ Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Global Change and Conservation (GCC), Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Global Change and Conservation (GCC), Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
³ Department of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA; Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany.
⁴ Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Development Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
⁵ Department of Geography, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA.
⁶ Department of Anthropology, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA.

PMID: 32736805
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2020.06.005

Abstract

Indigenous territories represent ~45% of land categorized as wilderness in the Amazon, but account for <15% of all forest loss on this land. At a time when the Amazon faces unprecedented pressures, overcoming polarization and aligning the goals of wilderness defenders and Indigenous peoples is paramount, to avoid environmental degradation.

Keywords: Amazon rainforests; Indigenous peoples; biocultural conservation; wilderness.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Conservation of Natural Resources*
Forests*