Vision

The Biodiversity MAG is a quarterly free online magazine edited by Laurent Dingli, Paris, France. ISSN — 2967-0411.

Biodiversity MAG aims to facilitate contacts between the various stakeholders in the preservation of biodiversity at the international level and to promote both scientific knowledge and field action in favour of this preservation to the public.
We are concerned with all issues relating to nature conservation, with particular emphasis on the protection of biotopes, the inclusion of local communities, the mitigation of human-wildlife conflicts, human-animal interconnection, respect for human rights and animal welfare.
The spirit that drives our approach is based on the notion of linkage: first of all, the link that connects different human groups, whatever their ethnic, national, philosophical or religious origins, to appreciate our mutual interdependence, as we seek change in harmony with nature.
Secondly, the link between humans, the other species that make up our planet’s biodiversity and the spaces we must learn to share. Any approach that privileges humans to the detriment of other species and their natural environment seems doomed to failure, as does any undertaking to conserve, preserve and rehabilitate species and their biotopes that does not include humans in the long term. In other words, we believe that human rights, those of animals and of the environment in which they live, must not be considered separately. Our vision is therefore not anthropocentric, but it does recognize that humans have an important role to play in this balance, particularly at the local and indigenous levels.
We also want to bridge the gap that sometimes exists between field conservation and more academic approaches, one never excluding the other, insuring that we are strongly inclusive.
The second key idea is that of social equity. In a world where inequalities are glaring, particularly as rich countries have yet to live up to the promises they have made to help developing countries that are suffering the full force of climate disasters which they did little to cause, we favor and seek to promote social justice wherever possible.

The third key idea is the need for preservation of biodiversity and animal rights. All too often, conservation is still understood only in terms of numerical assessment and management of one or more species. We believe, on the contrary, that recognition of the right of all animals to live and thrive in a natural environment, free to grow and evolve without the direct input of mankind should be an essential element of this management.
Finally, we take a One Health perspective, believing that the health of all species with whom humanity shares this planet are unavoidably interlinked and thus inseparable as the recent outbreaks and pandemics have amply demonstrated.