This book explores the epistemological and ethical issues at the
foundations of environmental philosophy, emphasising the
conservation of biodiversity. Sahota Sarkar criticises attempts to
attribute intrinsic value to nature and defends an anthropocentric
position on biodiversity conservation based on an untraditional
concept of transformative value. Unlike other studies in the field
of environmental philosophy, this book is as much concerned with
epistemological issues as with environmental ethics. It covers a
broad range of topics, including problems of explanation and
prediction in traditional ecology and how individual-based models
and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology is transforming
ecology. Introducing a brief history of conservation biology,
Sarkar analyses the consensus framework for conservation planning
through adaptive management. He concludes with a discussion of
directions for theoretical research in conservation biology and
environmental philosophy.
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