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The
Sibthorp Lecture 2004:
The Idea of Social Capital
The
Second Sibthorp Event:
Do conservation targets help?
The
First Sibthorp Event:
Ecosystem Management
Do
conservation targets help? After extensive consultation,
the Seminar Committee of the Trustees selected a proposal
entitled ‘Do conservation targets help?’ as the theme
of the Second Sibthorp Seminar, held in 2000.
This theme was based on an article
published in Science by Soulé and Sanjayan , and then broadened
so as to take a wider look at nature conservation in the light of
major changes that have influenced our underlying assumptions about
it that have taken place since the Second World War: the internationalisation
of the conservation agenda following Agenda 21 and the coming into
force of the Convention on Biological Diversity, the widespread
adoption of the aim of sustainable development, the different time
scales of concern, demographic growth, climate change, and the changing
relationships between science, society and government.
As a result there are various
agendas, and the aims, goals and priorities proposed by the conservation
and biodiversity communities may not be recognised or accepted by
other constituencies. The seminar was planned therefore so that
various perspectives were examined, discussed and, where necessary,
challenged, and attempted to see how far these often conflicting
aims may be reconciled.
The proceedings from
the seminar have been compiled as a book. More information can be found here.
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