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Concepts and Values in Biodiversity (Hardcover)
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Concepts and Values in Biodiversity (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Studies in Biodiversity Politics and Management
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Biodiversity may refer to the diversity of genes, species or
ecosystems in general. These varying concepts of biodiversity
occasionally lead to conflicts among researchers and policy makers,
as each of them require a customized type of protection strategy.
This book addresses the questions surrounding the merits of
conserving an existing situation, evolutionary development or the
intentional substitution of one genome, species or ecosystem for
another. Any practical steps towards the protection of biodiversity
demand a definition of that which is to be protected and, in turn,
the motivations for protecting biodiversity. Is biodiversity a
necessary model which is also useful, or does it carry intrinsic
value? Debates like this are particularly complex when interested
parties address it from different conceptual and moral
perspectives. Comprised of three parts, each complemented by a
short introductory paragraph, this collection presents a variety of
approaches to this challenge. The chapters cover the perspectives
of environmental scientists with expertise in evolutionary,
environmental biology, systematic zoology and botany, as well as
those of researchers with expertise in philosophy, ethics,
politics, law and economics. This combination facilitates a truly
interdisciplinary debate by highlighting hitherto unacknowledged
implications that inform current academic and political debates on
biodiversity and its protection. The book should be of interest to
students and researchers of environment studies, biodiversity,
environmental philosophy, ethics and management.
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