A brave new world: integrating well-being and conservation

Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World promised an enduring, happy society as long as it followed rigid, scientifically defined social rules. Just as this supposed utopia led to immense human suffering as people were constrained to predefined societal roles with limited opportunity for self-expression, conservation initiatives that impose predefined conceptions of well-being onto the poor and politically disadvantaged will meet with tenuous success. In this special feature, we provide a selection of studies that address the how and why of integrating human well-being into conservation practice focusing predominantly on local perspectives. Authors focus on how engagement with local populations is driven, implicitly or explicitly, by the pursuit of a more just conservation and recognition of local voices in deciding their fate.

• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  Ecology and Society

• Publication date

  2018-05-30

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Philosophy, Economics, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.5751/ES-09977-230232
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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