- Conservation, Divided is an in-depth series investigating how the field of conservation has changed over the last 30 years — and the challenges it faces moving into an uncertain future.
- The series explores how the world’s biggest conservation groups have embraced a human-centric approach known as “new conservation” that has split the field over how best to save life on Earth.
- It also investigates the role of big money in pushing conservation agendas, and the field’s changing relationship with people living in areas targeted for conservation.
- Jeremy Hance reported the Conservation, Divided series over the course of eight months. Stories ran weekly in April and May, generating intense interest from readers.
Veteran Mongabay reporter Jeremy Hance’s hard-hitting series investigating recent changes in the field of conservation drew tens of thousands of readers and sparked intense conversation. Catch all four parts of Conservation, Divided here, plus Hance’s thoughtful commentary upon the series’s completion.
The series explores how the world’s biggest conservation groups have embraced a human-centric approach known as “new conservation” that has split the field over how best to save life on Earth. It also investigates the role of big money in pushing conservation agendas, and the field’s changing relationship with people living in areas targeted for conservation.
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Part 1: Has big conservation gone astray?
April 26, 2016
The world’s biggest conservation groups have embraced a human-centric approach known as “new conservation.” But is it up to the task of saving life on Earth?
Part 2: How big donors and corporations shape conservation goals
May 3, 2016
Is big money from foundations, governments, and corporations making conservation groups more timid and less effective defenders of wildlife?
Part 3: Conservation today, the old-fashioned way
May 10, 2016
Despite the widespread embrace of a philosophy dubbed “new conservation” that focuses on human needs and economics, numerous conservationists remain focused on traditional methods to protect important places and creatures. Can they survive in an age that is asking them to be all things to all people and creatures?
Part 4: Conservation’s people problem
May 17, 2016
The field of conservation has faced down an internal crisis over is its treatment of indigenous peoples and local communities living in ecosystems targeted for protection. Conservationists now often engage these groups in a spirit of partnership — but there is still much work to do.
Epilogue: Conservation still divided, looking for a way forward
May 24, 2016
In this commentary, veteran Mongabay reporter Jeremy Hance shares his thoughts after completing Conservation, Divided.
