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Abstract

Globally, biodiversity is under increasing pressure from human activities despite protective measures in conservation laws. Climate change will exacerbate those pressures and the effects of habitat loss and species decline. Current approaches to conservation law in most countries focus on establishing protected areas and limiting activities outside reserves that might affect priority species, habitats, and ecological communities. These measures have had mixed success depending on scale and implementation, but are likely to perform poorly under conditions of future change. To prepare for the future, we consider how conservation law and policy needs to anticipate and manage for future change; widen its scope beyond species and ecological communities that are currently threatened; and support adaptive management of priority areas and species. Using Australian conservation law as a case study, we outline three possible routes by which this shift could occur. The first involves enhancing the adaptiveness of conservation law, the second expands the focus of conservation law from protected areas and listed species to include ecosystems and ecosystem services, while the third attempts to do both simultaneously. We examine the legal mechanisms needed to implement each route, examples of their use in practice, and barriers that must be overcome for successful implementation.

Item Type:	Article
Authors/Creators:	McDonald, J and McCormack, PC and Dunlop, M and Farrier, D and Feehely, J and Gilfedder, L and Hobday, AJ and Reside, AE
Keywords:	climate change, adaptation, responses, policy, Australia, biodiversity conservation, law
Journal or Publication Title:	Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
ISSN:	2050-0394
DOI / ID Number:	10.1002/wcc.555
Copyright Information:	Copyright 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Related URLs:	Google Scholar: McDonald, J UTAS Profile: McDonald, J Google Scholar: McCormack, PC UTAS Profile: McCormack, PC
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