[Sdi-latinamericacaribbean] critique of 'hotspot' scientists (those mapping biodiversity hotspots)

[Kate Lance]

Noting a seeming industry of scientists determining, modelling and setting priorities for biodiversity hotspots, the author of this article in the Economist questions what s/he perceives as the continued emphasis on what to save, rather than how to do it. 
 
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11038509
Finger on the spot
Economist, April 14, 2008
"It is hard to escape the conclusion that the energy and brains of many of these brilliant hotspot scientists might be put to better use if they looked at the really difficult problem of how governments, private industry and innovative environmental-finance schemes could help fund conservation. Or, more broadly, of how best to remove the many externalities that mean the environment is undervalued and thus overused."
 
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