New #openaccess paper by @Vale_Fiasco & me in @ConservandSoc exploring how human-wildlife #coexistence is conceptualised & practiced among conservation professionals, & what this means for #transformation in #biodiversity #conservation conservationandsociety.org.in/preprintarticl… A thread… 1/6: 
We identify coexistence as a #buzzword that is meaningful for many professionals and reflects a 'hopeful mission' towards #transformation in #biodiversity #conservation 2/6
#coexistence means very different things to different groups of practitioners, activists, and academics – from human-wildlife conflict mitigation, to co-adaptation, to a way of prioritising the practices and knowledge of indigenous peoples and local communities 3/6
But so far #coexistence in practice largely manifests as a positive label for 'standardised packages' of existing tools & incentives, & doesn't address underlying issues of conservation– e.g. human-nature dichotomies & lack of meaningful engagement with IPLCs 4/6
To facilitate #transformation in #biodiversity #conservation focus must shift from imposing #coexistence as a 'new' idea to learning from how it is already practiced & understood, plus asking difficult questions about how #conservation policy/practice can disrupt #coexistence 5/6
This is the 3rd paper available ahead of print in our forthcoming @convivconserv special issue guest edited by me @JudithEKrauss @KiwangoWilly & @anthfletch Exciting papers from @atuyu @1earth4peace and others coming very soon conservationandsociety.org.in/aheadofprint.a… 6/6
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