I have recently stum­bled across the works of “Cyn­i­cal con­ser­va­tion”, a car­toon­ist who shares his cyn­i­cal draw­ings on twit­ter. Most likely to be based in the UK, he (?) describes him­self as a “Cyn­i­cal con­ser­va­tion­ist, illus­trat­ing my frus­tra­tions to remain sane and purge demons”.
I have extracted some of the more rel­e­vant related to off­sets, ecosys­tem ser­vices and nowa­days prob­lems and incon­se­quences with nature con­ser­va­tion. The illus­tra­tions are really cyn­i­cal (who would expect that? ;o)) and usu­ally exag­ger­ated, but also quite philo­sophic. Have a look yourself!

 

Car­toons by Cyn­i­cal Conservation

“Ecosys­tem Ser­vices” pic.twitter.com/cJWxj3EAzc

— Cyn­i­cal Con­ser­va­tion (@Conservatoon) 29. Juni 2014

“What has nature done for us?” pic.twitter.com/xEQN1IdSnt — Cyn­i­cal Con­ser­va­tion (@Conservatoon) 1. Feb­ruar 2015

“Price ver­sus Value” pic.twitter.com/qHODsUS6JG

— Cyn­i­cal Con­ser­va­tion (@Conservatoon) 14. Dezem­ber 2014

“The Ratchet” pic.twitter.com/hHKVXaEJnR — Cyn­i­cal Con­ser­va­tion (@Conservatoon) 22. Novem­ber 2014

“Sub­jec­tiv­ity of value”- RT of yesterday’s ‘toon but with cor­rect spelling this time! pic.twitter.com/nGA0D4pusK

— Cyn­i­cal Con­ser­va­tion (@Conservatoon) 13. Okto­ber 2014

“Spot the Dif­fer­ence” pic.twitter.com/8AeIa1PO2I — Cyn­i­cal Con­ser­va­tion (@Conservatoon) 12. Sep­tem­ber 2014

“Green­wash­ing” pic.twitter.com/bMMk69MDTI

— Cyn­i­cal Con­ser­va­tion (@Conservatoon) 18. August 2014

“The Way We Live Now” pic.twitter.com/qz8xjGmzZw — Cyn­i­cal Con­ser­va­tion (@Conservatoon) 9. August 2014

“Lies, damned lies, and sta­tis­tics” pic.twitter.com/sUZwXmgd8R

— Cyn­i­cal Con­ser­va­tion (@Conservatoon) 12. Juli 2014

“Con­struc­tion Off­set­ting” pic.twitter.com/ermonQ5SUy — Cyn­i­cal Con­ser­va­tion (@Conservatoon) 29. Juni 2014