Although there is widespread support for diversity in natural resources, diversity is valued for different reasons. It is important to understand and critically examine these reasons, to ensure diversity efforts express clear thinking and appropriate motivations. We compiled recent (2000–2019) diversity literature in fisheries, forestry, range, and wildlife, and used a qualitative coding procedure to identify reasons articulated in support of diversity. We developed a subset of these reasons into formal arguments to assess their underlying beliefs and assumptions. Our analysis reveals a high frequency of instrumental arguments emphasizing the benefits of diversity for natural resources. Drawing on the large body of interdisciplinary diversity scholarship outside natural resources, we discuss the challenges and potential risks of predicating the case for diversity largely on instrumental arguments. We encourage natural resources communities to expand the diversity discourse by engaging with themes developed in interdisciplinary diversity literatures, including equity, social justice, and intersectionality.

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考虑自然资源多样性的案例

尽管自然资源的多样性得到了广泛的支持，但由于不同的原因而重视多样性。理解并批判性地检查这些原因很重要，以确保多样性努力表达清晰的思想和适当的动机。我们汇编了最近（2000-2019 年）渔业、林业、牧场和野生动物的多样性文献，并使用定性编码程序来确定支持多样性的原因。我们将这些原因的一个子集发展为正式论点，以评估他们的基本信念和假设。我们的分析揭示了强调多样性对自然资源的好处的工具性论点的高频率。利用自然资源之外的大量跨学科多样性奖学金，我们主要根据工具性论证来讨论预测多样性案例的挑战和潜在风险。我们鼓励自然资源社区通过参与跨学科多样性文献中发展的主题（包括公平、社会正义和交叉性）来扩展多样性话语。