Effective Conservation

Kate E Lynch; Daniel T Blumstein

doi:10.1016/j.tree.2020.07.011

Effective Conservation

Trends Ecol Evol. 2020 Oct;35(10):857-860. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2020.07.011. Epub 2020 Aug 14.

Authors

Kate E Lynch¹, Daniel T Blumstein²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Philosophy, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Electronic address: kate.lynch@sydney.edu.au.
² Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

PMID: 32807502
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2020.07.011

Abstract

Effective altruism is a growing humanitarian movement with a track record of success in evaluating the effectiveness of charitable spending across a wide range of projects. We suggest ways in which the foundations of this movement can be applied to the complex world of conservation.

MeSH terms

Altruism*