Environmental conservation finds itself in desperate times. Saving nature, to be sure, has never been an easy proposition. But the arrival of the Anthropocene - the alleged new phase of world history in which humans dominate the earth-system seems to have upped the ante dramatically; the choices facing the conservation community have now become particularly stark. Several proposals for revolutionising conservation have been proposed, including 'new' conservation, 'half Earth' and more. These have triggered heated debates and potential for (contemplating) radical change. Here, we argue that these do not take political economic realities seriously enough and hence cannot lead us forward. Another approach to conservation is needed, one that takes seriously our economic system's structural pressures, violent socio-ecological realities, cascading extinctions and increasingly authoritarian politics. We propose an alternative termed 'convivial conservation'. Convivial conservation is a vision, a politics and a set of governance principles that realistically respond to the core pressures of our time. Drawing on a variety of perspectives in social theory and movements from around the globe, it proposes a post-capitalist approach to conservation that promotes radical equity, structural transformation and environmental justice and so contributes to an overarching movement to create a more equal and sustainable world.

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迈向自然保护

环境保护处于绝境中。当然，保存自然从来都不是一件容易的事。但是人类世的到来-人类统治地球系统的世界历史的新阶段似乎大大增加了赌注。保护社区面临的选择现在变得尤为明显。已经提出了一些使保护革命化的提议，包括“新”保护，“半地球”等等。这些引发了激烈的辩论，并引发了（考虑）彻底变革的潜力。在这里，我们认为这些对政治经济现实的重视不够，因此不能使我们前进。还需要另一种保护方法，这种方法会严重影响我们经济体系的结构压力，暴力的社会生态现实，灭绝的级联和日益专制的政治。我们提出了一种替代方法，称为“欢乐保护”。欢乐保护是一种愿景，政治和一系列治理原则，可以切实响应我们时代的核心压力。它借鉴了全球社会理论和运动的各种观点，提出了一种后资本主义的自然保护方法，该方法可以促进激进的公平，结构转型和环境正义，从而为总体运动做出贡献，以创造一个更加平等和可持续的世界。一种政治和一套治理原则，可以切实响应我们时代的核心压力。它借鉴了全球社会理论和运动的各种观点，提出了一种后资本主义的自然保护方法，该方法可以促进激进的公平，结构转型和环境正义，从而为总体运动做出贡献，以创造一个更加平等和可持续的世界。一种政治和一套治理原则，可以切实响应我们时代的核心压力。它借鉴了全球社会理论和运动的各种观点，提出了一种后资本主义的自然保护方法，该方法可以促进激进的公平，结构转型和环境正义，从而为总体运动做出贡献，以创造一个更加平等和可持续的世界。