Papers by Simon Leadbeater
Ecodemocracy in the wild
Routledge eBooks, Feb 13, 2024
Learning to rewild : Examining the failed case of the Dutch “New Wilderness” Oostvaardersplassen
The Dutch conservation area Oostvaardersplassen was initiated as a rewilding project within the N... more The Dutch conservation area Oostvaardersplassen was initiated as a rewilding project within the Netherlands’ protected area network. It came under the spotlight when management strategies and practices were criticized by scientists, conservation practitioners, and the public, from a number of perspectives – not all of which were compatible. This article reviews the origin, evolution, and application of the rewilding concept and examines the Oostvaardersplassen project as a case study. Our assessment demonstrates that the area was never an appropriate site for rewilding, beset by rudderless management, and led to a situation that was ecologically and ethically untenable. The case study is used to illustrate humanity’s evolving role in environmental protection where advances in the understanding of ecological complexity, animal behavior, and sentience, cannot be ignored when addressing environmental protection, problem solving, and management. Finally, it lays out options for the future in the absence of the three Cs of rewilding, the Cores, Corridors, Carnivores, and introduces the concept of the fourth C, Compassion. https://ijw.org/learning-to-rewild/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helenkopnina/
The golden rules of rewilding
Animal Sentience: An Interdisciplinary Journal on Animal Feeling, 2017
Birch uses existing practice to develop a formal Animal Sentience Precautionary Principle (ASPP),... more Birch uses existing practice to develop a formal Animal Sentience Precautionary Principle (ASPP), which he hopes will become more widely adopted and improve animal welfare outcomes. Birch considers the assumption that all animals are sentient to be extreme. Despite its merits, Birch's ASPP remains human-centred.
Animal Sentience: An Interdisciplinary Journal on Animal Feeling, 2016
Ng (2016) argues for incremental welfare biology partly because it would be impossible to demonst... more Ng (2016) argues for incremental welfare biology partly because it would be impossible to demonstrate conclusively that animals are sentient. He argues that low-cost changes in industrial practices and working collaboratively may be more effective in advancing animal welfare than more adversarial approaches. There is merit in some of Ng's recommendations but a number of his arguments are, in my view, misdirected. The fact that nonhuman animals feel has already been adequately demonstrated. Cruelty to animals is intrinsic to some industries, so the only way to oppose it is to oppose the industry.
Role of Textile Industry in India's Political Economy
Social Scientist, Dec 1, 1993
Voluntary Sector Review, Jul 1, 2010
This paper analyses the key aspects of a crisis that beset an apparently effective and well-regar... more This paper analyses the key aspects of a crisis that beset an apparently effective and well-regarded third sector training provider. It describes how management responded to this crisis and assesses the efficacy of its actions. Finally-from the experience of two tumultuous years-the article attempts to draw lessons and offer guidance on how to interpret the early signs of potentially multilayered and sometimes intractable problems that can easily lead to organisational collapse.
Voluntary Sector Review, Jul 1, 2013
This practice paper sets out to understand the failure of one charity's quest to establish a soci... more This practice paper sets out to understand the failure of one charity's quest to establish a social enterprise, reaching, as it did, for a solution without understanding how or even whether social enterprises would help the charity's beneficiaries. Ultimately a social business has been established at the charity's premises, but by an external organisation thinking quite differently from its host. The paper concludes with lessons for other organisations considering social enterprise activity.
Knepp Wildland
Routledge eBooks, Oct 31, 2022
Wild democracy
Routledge eBooks, Oct 31, 2022
Knepp Wildland
Routledge eBooks, Oct 31, 2022
Restoring an ancient coppiced hornbeam hedge
The golden rules of rewilding
foaf:name, Dec 26, 2019
The Dutch conservation area Oostvaardersplassen was initiated as a rewilding project within the N... more The Dutch conservation area Oostvaardersplassen was initiated as a rewilding project within the Netherlands' protected area network. It came under the spotlight when management strategies and practices were criticized by scientists, conservation practitioners, and the public, from a number of perspectives-not all of which were compatible. This article reviews the origin, evolution, and application of the rewilding concept and examines the Oostvaardersplassen project as a case study. Our assessment demonstrates that the area was never an appropriate site for rewilding, beset by rudderless management, and led to a situation that was ecologically and ethically untenable. The case study is used to illustrate humanity's evolving role in environmental protection where advances in the understanding of ecological complexity, animal behavior, and sentience, cannot be ignored when addressing environmental protection, problem solving, and management. Finally, it lays out options for the future in the absence of the three Cs of rewilding, the Cores, Corridors, Carnivores, and introduces the concept of the fourth C, Compassion.
Anatomy of a crisis and lessons for third sector governing boards
Voluntary Sector Review, 2010
This paper analyses the key aspects of a crisis that beset an apparently effective and well-regar... more This paper analyses the key aspects of a crisis that beset an apparently effective and well-regarded third sector training provider. It describes how management responded to this crisis and assesses the efficacy of its actions. Finally – from the experience of two tumultuous years – the article attempts to draw lessons and offer guidance on how to interpret the early signs of potentially multilayered and sometimes intractable problems that can easily lead to organisational collapse.
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