Urban Conservation – Time For The Nature Conservancy to Evolve
Peter Kareiva from the Nature Conservancy raises the question, shouldn’t we be thinking about urban conservation? My answer is simple. We are, why are you just asking this question now? Perhaps the Nature Conservancy should have thought of this a long time ago.
The Nature Conservancy’s chief scientist, Peter Kareiva, says it’s time for conservationists to stop neglecting urban areas. The reason is simple: If conservation is to build the support it needs, it must energize young urban dwellers, who now make up most of the world.
What do you think? Should we care about conservation in cities?
Read the full article from Nature
via Urban Conservation.
In the article, Peter says that ”most conservationists have ignored cities.” I quite disagree. I would say that most fundraising for conservation focuses on high-ticket projects in order to attract attention. Many of us in the trenches are more concerned with conservation that matters to people. More people are in urban areas.
I say, it is time for the Nature Conservancy to evolve.
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