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Threatened conservation scientists: The aftermath of an eye-opening publication on rewilding

2023; Elsevier BV; Volume: 287; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110322

1873-2917

María de las Mercedes Guerisoli, Mauro I. Schiaffini, Pablo Teta, Alejandro E. J. Valenzuela, Patricia M. Mirol, Javier Nori, Guillermo E. Defossé, María Marcela Godoy, Pablo Krieger, Tomás E. Withington, Gabriela Agostini, Christopher B. Anderson, Melina Anello, M. Antonella Argoitia, Yanina Arzamendia, Julián E.M. Baigorria, Diego Baldo, Jorge Luis Baldo, Ulises Balza, Ian Barbe, Diego Andrés Barrasso, Fernando R. Barri, M. Noelia Barrios‐García, C Bartolucci, Ricardo Bastida, Gabriel Bauer, Pablo Berrozpe, Roberto Fabián Bó, Denise H. Campo, Pablo Carmanchahi, Flavia Caruso, Silvia C. Chalukian, Mario L. Chatellenaz, M. Amelia Chemisquy, Mariana Cosse, Griet An Erica Cuyckens, Romina L. D’Agostino, Valeria C. D’Agostino, Guillermo Deferrari, Mariana Degrati, Hebe Ferreyra, Enrique J. Derlindati, Sophia Di Cataldo, F. Di Rocco, Cristian Alberto Durante, Elena B. Eder, Sofía M. Esquenazi, María Cecilia Ezquiaga, Julián Faivovich, Fernando J. Fernández, Nicolás Ferreyra, Francisco Firpo Lacoste, David A. Flores, Anahí E. Formoso, María J. Gómez Fernández, Baltazar González, Enrique M. González, Susana González, José Carlos Guerrero, Ernesto E. Juan, Martín M. Kowalewski, María G. Laitán, Cecilia Lanzone, Gabriel Laufer, Carmen Leizagoyen, María S. Leonardi, Rocío Loizaga de Castro, Gabriel M. Martín, Guillermina Massaccesi, Julián Mignino, María Daniela Miotti, Flavio N. Moschione, Patricia Andrea Mosti, Norberto Muzzachiodi, Agustina Novillo, Agustina A. Ojeda, Luciana I. Oklander, Marcela Orozco, Ramiro Ovejero, Andrés G. Palmerio, M. Viola, Hernán Pastore, Lorena Paszko, Lorena C. Pérez Carusi, Pablo G. Perovic, Alejandro Perretta, Carla Pozzi, María Andrea Relva, Juan I. Reppucci, Facundo Robino, Mariano A. Rodríguez‐Cabal, Lucía I. Rodríguez‐Planes, Ignacio Roesler, Luis Francisco Rossi, Valentina Segura, Claudio Sillero‐Zubiri, Florencia Sittoni, Andrés Tálamo, Julio C. Torres Monges, Alejandro Travaini, Juan Ignacio Túnez, Daniel E. Udrizar Sauthier, Marcela Uhart, José H. Urquizo, Guillermo Wiemeyer, Laura Irene Wolfenson, Ricardo A. Ojeda,

Geographies of human-animal interactions

'Rewilding' is a nature conservation strategy gaining prominence worldwide. Established in the Northern Hemisphere, rewilding initiatives have increasingly been proposed in Argentina, but their relative merits, feasibility of implementation and accountability have lacked adequate analysis and discussion. Recently, 125 scientists and practitioners wrote an article to assess the justification and methods of current rewilding initiatives in Argentina. Rather than engaging in a constructive debate with the scientific community, one of the major organizations behind these initiatives threatened to sue the authors for libel. We strongly reject this baseless threat. Scientific discussions around this and other conservation topics of societal concern should be addressed in an academic context and conducted in a respectful and rational manner, embracing the right of scientists and practitioners to express themselves freely and without fear of coercion.