A newer conservation debate: Unravelling the global nature governance-spaghetti

Conservation science is a peculiar type of natural science because it has emerged as a response to the crisis of biodiversity loss. Rather than a resilient system to tackle global loss of ecosystems and biodiversity, there is a complex spaghetti of conservation practices and constituting values, ideas and ideals that lack connectivity and concerted organisation. For improving the global governance of nature, the focus of the conservation debate needs to be shifted towards finding synergies and links between the varieties of conservation strategies. This chapter is based on thorough analysis of various sources covering the conservation topic and unravels parts of the nature governancespaghetti and identifies gaps, synergies and conflicts between different conservation strategies. I suggest embracing ethical pluralism within the spaghetti of conservation practices, while at the same time emphasizing the need for increased connectivity between strategies in order to foster a more resilient conservation practice that is able to reconcile ecological and human needs.