Prospects and perils in the geospatial turn of conservation

Abstract: Conservation has embraced advances in big data and related digital technologies as key to preventing biodiversity loss, especially in the identification of areas of conservation priority based on spatial data, which we call the big geospatial data turn. This turn has led to the proliferation of useful methods and tools, including global geospatial maps. But these methods may also undermine moves toward rights‐based and inclusive conservation approaches that consider plural values and perspectives. We built on … Show more