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A Clash of Paradigms

community and research-based conservation

Edited by  Daniel Lunney,  C.R Dickman & Shelley Burgin
ISBN 0 9586085 5 5

Proceedings of a special RZS symposium on involvement of community groups and research-based conservation of flora and fauna . This special issue explores the controversy surrounding these two approaches to conservation, and presents the lively debate that emerged from the forum.

Contents:

• Foreword -  Daniel Lunney, Chris Dickman, Shelley Burgin
• Tragic consequences for conservation of mis-defining the term "community" -Shelley Burgin
• Community-based research: where are the rewards? - Daniel Lunney  & Alison Matthews
• Conservation of coastal organisms depends on scientific realism, not community "monitoring" - A.J. Underwood & M.G. Chapman
• Community versus research-based conservation: what are the paradigms? -Chris Dickman
• Is science demonstrating leadership for conservation? - J.Pittock & P. Walsh
• Conservation research leads to a paradigm shift in farming practice: a case study from the Western Australian wheatbelt -Denis Saunders
• Integrating people and nature for landscape conservation -Sue Briggs
• Community-based research: science conducted as if people really matter - Peter Wilson
• Plenary Discussion
• A bizarre and threatening process: the by-passing of ecological research when tackling environmental issues - Daniel Lunney, Chris Dickman, Shelley Burgin

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