Predator Free New Zealand and the ‘War’ on Pests: Is it a just War?

Morris, Michael

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“…Within a rights-based paradigm this creates a conflict between the right to life of non-native individuals and the right to integrity of threatened ecosystems, a collision which is far from easy to resolve (Futhazar, 2020). The argument for a shift of focus from the collective to the individual (Aitken, 2004) has become a central tenet of 'compassionate conservation' which is advocated as a more ethically justifiable approach (Morris, 2020;.…”

Section: The Ethics Of Care and Killing: Critiques Of Eradicating Aliens For Conservationmentioning

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“…are the best murderers, essentially' (conservationist as cited in Steer, 2015, p. 247). However, ethical evaluations of one highprofile national programme -New Zealand's 'Predator Free 2050ʹ campaign -conclude that it violates all the central tenets of the 'just war' theory (Morris, 2020), as well as being questionable on many other grounds (Linklater & Steer, 2018). Probing questions about the coherence of the arguments for extermination campaigns are also raised by Lockwood and Latchininsky (2008).…”

Section: The Ethics Of Care and Killing: Critiques Of Eradicating Aliens For Conservationmentioning

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Beyond ‘Native V. Alien’: Critiques of the Native/alien Paradigm in the Anthropocene, and Their Implications

Warren

2021

Ethics, Policy & Environment

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Classifying species as 'native' or 'alien' carries prescriptive force in the valuation and management of 'nature'. But the classification itself and its application are contested, raising philosophical and geographical questions about place, space, rights, identity and belonging. This paper discusses leading critiques of the native/ alien paradigm, including its conceptual fluidity, dichotomous rigidity and ethical difficulties, as well as the incendiary charge of xenophobia. It argues that valorizing 'native nature' as inherently the 'best nature' is not only obsolete but impracticable in the Anthropocene, and that the preeminence of biogeographic origins should be replaced with a pragmatic focus on species' behavior. KEYWORDSAlien; native; species; invasion; nature Introduction: Biogeographies of Belonging and ExclusionClassifying species as either native or alien is central to nature conservation practice, with natives cherished and aliens resisted, but both the distinction itself and policy prescriptions based on it have been extensively critiqued. This paper explores the fractious, longstanding debates between those who champion 'native nature' and those who advocate a more inclusive, cosmopolitan approach (Keulartz & van der Weele, 2009; Stanescu, 2017), one which embraces new arrivals and the novel assemblages of the Anthropocene. It adopts a geographical lens because distinguishing between native and alien species is an essentially geographical categorization, hinging on questions of scale, place, space, culture and environment which lie at the heart of geography (Antonsich, 2020;Warren, 2007). The distinction creates geographies of spatial inclusion and exclusion, defining where species belong (Cresswell, 1997). Curiously, given that such geographical questions are central to native/alien debates and that the arguments turn on questions of spatial and temporal scale, geographers -with relatively few exceptions (notably Head (2012(notably Head ( , 2014(notably Head ( , 2017) -have only engaged sporadically.By contrast, environmental philosophers have developed a rich and nuanced seam of discussion of the contested ethics and values concerning native and alien species (e.g.

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Section: The Ethics Of Care and Killing: Critiques Of Eradicating Aliens For Conservationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Ethics Of Care and Killing: Critiques Of Eradicating Aliens For Conservationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Beyond ‘Native V. Alien’: Critiques of the Native/alien Paradigm in the Anthropocene, and Their Implications

Warren

2021

Ethics, Policy & Environment

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“…This policy was strengthened in 2016 with the establishment of the Predator Free New Zealand (PFNZ) Trust. This was started as a limited liability company, not a government agency (Morris, 2020). The trust now has government backing, and is made up of a loose confederation of government agencies, charities and private companies.…”

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“…Other conservationists consider that while some local areas of predator control may be warranted, conservation policy needs to move away from an emphasis on trapping, poisoning and shooting as a primary means of control (Linklater & Steer 2018). Promising areas of technology such as gene drives and contraceptive control need to be explored (Morris, 2020). Other conservationists advocate learning to live with introduced species, and exploring alternative means of conserving our environment, which may include addressing destructive activities by humans (Linklater & Steer, 2018;Wallach et al, 2020).…”

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“…• learn about their own values and those of others • explore with empathy the values of others • critically analyse values and the actions based on them • discuss disagreements that arise from differences in values and negotiate solutions • make ethical decisions and act on them It is therefore disconcerting to note the extent to which the values in the Curriculum and Education for Sustainability are ignored or sidelined in primary schools. School children have been encouraged to hunt, trap and drown possums, and then to humiliate their corpses (Morris, 2020;Tulloch, 2018).…”

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Primary school education resources on conservation in New Zealand over-emphasise killing of non-native mammals

Morris

2021

Aust. J. environ. educ.

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Guidelines for sustainability linked to the government-approved National Curriculum for education in New Zealand emphasise values of empathy and respect for all life. These instruct educators to discuss different values around sustainability and conservation. I reviewed educational resources published or endorsed by government agencies to determine compliance with these sustainability Guidelines. The resources reviewed promote the view that non-native mammals should be killed. Some resources go further in giving instructions to children on how to do this, and how to source kill traps. Children are provided with material designed to engender dislike towards non-native mammals, particularly possums. Resources conflate issues of conservation by tying it in with protection of tourism, ornamental plants and primary industries. This encouragement of killing in environmental educational resources appears unique to New Zealand. It is discussed in light of increasing evidence that performing or witnessing animal abuse is a causal factor for future violence towards human and non-human animals.

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“Invasive” Animals

2023

Wildlife Ethics

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Predator Free New Zealand and the ‘War’ on Pests: Is it a just War?

Cited by 11 publications

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Beyond ‘Native V. Alien’: Critiques of the Native/alien Paradigm in the Anthropocene, and Their Implications

Beyond ‘Native V. Alien’: Critiques of the Native/alien Paradigm in the Anthropocene, and Their Implications

Primary school education resources on conservation in New Zealand over-emphasise killing of non-native mammals

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