Martin Schlaepfer

I am trained as a conservation biologist and have conducted field work and experiments on traditional stressors of biodiversity such habitat fragmentation, edge effects, and invasive species. In the last few years, I have become interested in investigating the nature of society-nature relationship(s), and the values that portend different idealised visions. For example, what dimensions of “biodiversity” do we, as a society, wish to protect? Is there agreement within Switzerland, or globally, about how best to reconcile the protection of nature with our collective needs for natural resources?