The Anthropocene era has been marked by such significant human pressure that it has led to the sixth mass extinction. The Baseline Concept in Biodiversity Conservation interprets human domination of the Earth as the process of gradual landscape change, the execution of which is neither linear nor homogeneous.

This book is structured around three key questions: Where and when did everything go wrong? How do we define baseline states for biodiversity conservation strategies? How are reference states mobilized in a concrete way through case studies?

Today, biodiversity conservation faces a dilemma that this book sheds light on: return to states less modified by humans than today but in a world that has changed significantly; or, let the nature of tomorrow express itself where it still can but without a road map.

The Anthropocene era has been marked by such significant human pressure that it has led to the sixth mass extinction. The Baseline Concept in Biodiversity Conservation interprets human domination of the Earth as the process of gradual landscape change, the execution of which is neither linear nor homogeneous.

This book is structured around three key questions: Where and when did everything go wrong? How do we define baseline states for biodiversity conservation strategies? How are reference states mobilized in a concrete way through case studies?

Today, biodiversity conservation faces a dilemma that this book sheds light on: return to states less modified by humans than today but in a world that has changed significantly; or, let the nature of tomorrow express itself where it still can but without a road map.

The Anthropocene era has been marked by such significant human pressure that it has led to the sixth mass extinction. The Baseline Concept in Biodiversity Conservation interprets human domination of the Earth as the process of gradual landscape change, the execution of which is neither linear nor homogeneous.This book is structured around three key questions: Where and when did everything go wrong? How do we define baseline states for biodiversity conservation strategies? How are reference states mobilized in a concrete way through case studies?Today, biodiversity conservation faces a dilemma that this book sheds light on: return to states less modified by humans than today but in a world that has changed significantly; or, let the nature of tomorrow express itself where it still can but without a road map.

La notion de services écosystémiques s’est récemment imposée comme un mot d’ordre de la gouvernance environnementale. Rejetée en bloc ou adoptée de manière acritique, cette notion fait le buzz dans la science globale. Suivant une démarche de political ecology qui combine des approches de sociologie des sciences, de géographie politique et de cartographie critique, cet ouvrage propose une analyse critique de la notion de services écosystémiques et cherche à en délimiter le périmètre de validité. Après en avoir analysé l’histoire et l’évolution récente, les auteurs analysent son appropriation dans les arènes de la gouvernance environnementale globale et par les ONG critiques de cette gouvernance, ainsi que dans les politiques publiques de pays forestiers tropicaux (Brésil et Gabon). Ces analyses posent les bases d’une analyse critique de la modélisation et de la cartographie de services écosystémiques fondée à la fois sur une revue de la littérature existante et sur l’analyse de données recueillies dans le cadre de fronts pionniers tropicaux (au Brésil et en Colombie).

The Anthropocene era has been marked by such significant human pressure that it has led to the sixth mass extinction. The Baseline Concept in Biodiversity Conservation interprets human domination of the Earth as the process of gradual landscape change, the execution of which is neither linear nor homogeneous.

This book is structured around three key questions: Where and when did everything go wrong? How do we define baseline states for biodiversity conservation strategies? How are reference states mobilized in a concrete way through case studies?

Today, biodiversity conservation faces a dilemma that this book sheds light on: return to states less modified by humans than today but in a world that has changed significantly; or, let the nature of tomorrow express itself where it still can but without a road map.

The Anthropocene era has been marked by such significant human pressure that it has led to the sixth mass extinction. The Baseline Concept in Biodiversity Conservation interprets human domination of the Earth as the process of gradual landscape change, the execution of which is neither linear nor homogeneous.

This book is structured around three key questions: Where and when did everything go wrong? How do we define baseline states for biodiversity conservation strategies? How are reference states mobilized in a concrete way through case studies?

Today, biodiversity conservation faces a dilemma that this book sheds light on: return to states less modified by humans than today but in a world that has changed significantly; or, let the nature of tomorrow express itself where it still can but without a road map.

The Anthropocene era has been marked by such significant human pressure that it has led to the sixth mass extinction. The Baseline Concept in Biodiversity Conservation interprets human domination of the Earth as the process of gradual landscape change, the execution of which is neither linear nor homogeneous.This book is structured around three key questions: Where and when did everything go wrong? How do we define baseline states for biodiversity conservation strategies? How are reference states mobilized in a concrete way through case studies?Today, biodiversity conservation faces a dilemma that this book sheds light on: return to states less modified by humans than today but in a world that has changed significantly; or, let the nature of tomorrow express itself where it still can but without a road map.

La notion de services écosystémiques s’est récemment imposée comme un mot d’ordre de la gouvernance environnementale. Rejetée en bloc ou adoptée de manière acritique, cette notion fait le buzz dans la science globale. Suivant une démarche de political ecology qui combine des approches de sociologie des sciences, de géographie politique et de cartographie critique, cet ouvrage propose une analyse critique de la notion de services écosystémiques et cherche à en délimiter le périmètre de validité. Après en avoir analysé l’histoire et l’évolution récente, les auteurs analysent son appropriation dans les arènes de la gouvernance environnementale globale et par les ONG critiques de cette gouvernance, ainsi que dans les politiques publiques de pays forestiers tropicaux (Brésil et Gabon). Ces analyses posent les bases d’une analyse critique de la modélisation et de la cartographie de services écosystémiques fondée à la fois sur une revue de la littérature existante et sur l’analyse de données recueillies dans le cadre de fronts pionniers tropicaux (au Brésil et en Colombie).