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Once sold as ‘penny turtles’ around Australia, the Mary River turtle’s plight galvanised local community efforts to save it from extinction.
If the local context and priorities of those who most directly rely on natural resources for their survival isn’t considered, conservation efforts will continue to fail.
New Zealanders are increasingly concerned about the state of the environment, but
many don’t feel a strong enough connection to nature to become involved in conservation projects.
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Professor of Development Studies, Massey University
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Interdisciplinary Conservation Social Scientist, University of Cape Town
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Senior Lecturer in Development Studies, Massey University
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Senior Tutor, Massey University
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Research Lecturer, Conservation, Charles Darwin University
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Professor - Spatial Science, Charles Darwin University
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Matthew Flinders Professor of Biodiversity Genomics, Flinders University
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Lecturer in Molecular Ecology and Environmental Management, Edith Cowan University
