... of ecological collectives, including ecosystems and species, and individual wild animals. In doing so, I highlight the challenges that may be faced and offer suggestions on ways forward. Design/methodology/approach This conceptual article adopts an interdisciplinary approach to discuss the potential role...

.../approach The authors’ method involves analysing the content of Gilbert White's Naturalist's Journals by producing an 18th-century biodiversity account of species of flora and fauna and then interpretively drawing out themes from the Journals. The authors then provide a Whitean extinction account...

...Thomas Cuckston Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species in achieving biodiversity conservation and preventing the extinction of species. The Red List is a calculative device...