When digital technologies stumble: Exnovating for conservation science and practice

Urzedo, D; Chakori, S

When digital technologies stumble: Exnovating for conservation science and practice

Urzedo, D Chakori, S

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND PRACTICE, 2025, 7, (9)
Issue Date:: 2025-09

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Urzedo, D
dc.contributor.author	Chakori, S https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5857-4742
dc.date.accessioned	2026-04-21T00:56:46Z
dc.date.available	2026-04-21T00:56:46Z
dc.date.issued	2025-09
dc.identifier.citation	CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND PRACTICE, 2025, 7, (9)
dc.identifier.issn	2578-4854
dc.identifier.issn	2578-4854
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/194775
dc.description.abstract	Abstract Digital technologies are rapidly transforming conservation efforts in response to pressing planetary environmental challenges. However, these expanding innovations also introduce significant risks and failures that can deepen existing injustices. Although growing approaches to responsible innovation establish ethical standards and best practices for conservation technologies, gaps remain in addressing limited and obsolete methods. This perspective article presents the integration of exnovation strategies into conservation science and practice as a set of deliberate efforts to mitigate, diagnose, repair, remove, and substitute misaligned, ineffective, or harmful technologies. We propose exnovation interventions not only to address technological shortcomings but also to open space for responsible innovation pathways that foster negotiation, reflexivity, and context‐sensitive approaches. These insights highlight the need for collaboration, the redistribution of accountability, and participatory engagement to ensure conservation technologies are responsive to local realities and diverse capabilities.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	WILEY
dc.relation.ispartof	CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND PRACTICE
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1111/csp2.70112
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject.classification	3007 Forestry sciences
dc.subject.classification	3103 Ecology
dc.subject.classification	4104 Environmental management
dc.title	When digital technologies stumble: Exnovating for conservation science and practice
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	7
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Research)
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Research)/Institute For Sustainable Futures
utslib.copyright.status	open_access	*
dc.rights.license	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.date.updated	2026-04-21T00:56:44Z
pubs.issue	9
pubs.publication-status	Published
pubs.volume	7
utslib.citation.issue	9

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Abstract Digital technologies are rapidly transforming conservation efforts in response to pressing planetary environmental challenges. However, these expanding innovations also introduce significant risks and failures that can deepen existing injustices. Although growing approaches to responsible innovation establish ethical standards and best practices for conservation technologies, gaps remain in addressing limited and obsolete methods. This perspective article presents the integration of exnovation strategies into conservation science and practice as a set of deliberate efforts to mitigate, diagnose, repair, remove, and substitute misaligned, ineffective, or harmful technologies. We propose exnovation interventions not only to address technological shortcomings but also to open space for responsible innovation pathways that foster negotiation, reflexivity, and context‐sensitive approaches. These insights highlight the need for collaboration, the redistribution of accountability, and participatory engagement to ensure conservation technologies are responsive to local realities and diverse capabilities.

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