Science alone cannot resolve most environmental issues.
Volume 35, No.1, Summer 2016
Virtually all of the world’s landscapes have been shaped, and are continuing to be shaped, by human action. Scientists have even proposed a new word for this brave new world: the Anthropocene. The idea of the Anthropocene implies new questions for conservationists to consider. Chief among them: What does it mean for environmental policy?
In December 2015, PERC hosted a two-day workshop to address the policy implications of the Anthropocene. This special issue of PERC Reports explores several of the ideas discussed at the workshop. The articles challenge the conventional thinking about a variety of environmental policy topics and offer an ambitious vision for the future of environmentalism in the Anthropocene.