Conservation abandonment is a policy blind spot

Pienkowski, Thomas, Clark, Matt, Mascia, Michael B., Rivera-Hechem, María Ignacia, Gelcich, Stefan, Cook, Carly N., Watrobska, Cecylia M., Jagadish, Arundhati, Mills, Morena (2025) Conservation abandonment is a policy blind spot. Nature Ecology & Evolution, . E-ISSN 2397-334X. (doi:10.1038/s41559-025-02910-5) (Access to this publication is currently restricted. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:111964)

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Abstract

Amidst the collective push to establish nature conservation initiatives, little attention has been paid to ensuring they persist over time. The abandonment of conservation programmes is a blind spot that threatens progress toward global environmental goals.

Item Type:	Article
DOI/Identification number:	10.1038/s41559-025-02910-5
Uncontrolled keywords:	environmental impact; environmental studies; geography; sustainability
Subjects:	Q Science > QH Natural history > QH75 Conservation (Biology)
Institutional Unit:	Institutes > Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology
Former Institutional Unit:	There are no former institutional units.
Funders:	Leverhulme Trust (https://ror.org/012mzw131) UK Research and Innovation (https://ror.org/001aqnf71)
Depositing User:	Thomas Pienkowski
Date Deposited:	10 Nov 2025 16:01 UTC
Last Modified:	12 Nov 2025 03:50 UTC
Resource URI:	https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/111964 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Pienkowski, Thomas.

Creator's ORCID:	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3803-7533
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Gelcich, Stefan.

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CReDIT Contributor Roles:	Writing - original draft (Supporting), Methodology (Supporting), Conceptualisation (Supporting), Data curation (Supporting), Writing - review and editing (Supporting)

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