Connected Conservation

The authors argue that traditional site-level conservation interventions are insufficient because they fail to address the disproportionate role of distant wealth in biodiversity collapse and may overlook local communities as sources of solutions. They propose 'Connected Conservation', a model that aims to diminish three dominant negative flows from centres of wealth and amplify three marginalized positive flows within biocultural centres to achieve biodiversity goals with justice at the centre.

• Traditional site-level conservation interventions, which often include poverty-alleviation or alternative-livelihood components, are inadequate for addressing the impact of distant wealth on biodiversity collapse and may ignore the role of local communities in providing solutions.
• The 'Connected Conservation' model is a dual-branched approach that seeks to diminish three dominant negative flows originating in centres of wealth and amplify three marginalized positive flows within biocultural centres, placing justice at the core of the process.
• To achieve transformative change and address the telecoupled nature of biodiversity collapse, the authors argue that conservation must expand its collaborations across different sectors.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2023). Connected Conservation. https://www.sei.org/publications/connected-conservation/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Connected Conservation. 2023. https://www.sei.org/publications/connected-conservation/.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=Stockholm Environment Institute |title=Connected Conservation |date=24 May 2023 |url=https://www.sei.org/publications/connected-conservation/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2023connected, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Connected Conservation}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2023}, month = may, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/connected-conservation/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }