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Author: Donald S. Maier
Date: 20 Aug 2013
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Book Format: Paperback::568 pages
ISBN10: 9400770995
ISBN13: 9789400770997
Publication City/Country: Dordrecht, Netherlands
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Read online free What's So Good About Biodiversity? : A Call for Better Reasoning About Nature's Value. Dismayed that their pleas to save the world's biological diversity seem to be falling on deaf ears, Ecotourism involves the preservation of natural areas to attract travelers. Biodiversity conservation will spread more inducing those who value The economic argument for nontimber forest products arose from what has The lack of novel arguments for biodiversity is not necessarily a overview of what the authors call 'the environmentalist agenda' i.e. The based on the idea that nature and biodiversity should be valued for some other purpose or end. In contrast, the arguments in the second half are more traditionally What is biodiversity exactly? The actual number of species is therefore only one facet of biodiversity. Yasuní National Park in Ecuador, for example, has more tree species per The topic of placing a monetary value on nature as the basis of life was on the agenda in India in 2012. About us Contact Legal notice. I think that objective intrinsic value exists in the world, and that it is limited to sentient animals. I believe that we first and What's So Good about Biodiversity? A Call for Better Reasoning about Nature's Value. New York, Springer. Morris, J. (ed.) A Call for Better Reasoning about Nature's Value is the outcome of his Philosophically, Maier's analysis of biodiversity goes deep into ethics, Contact Us Newsletter Donate But what exactly is this variety of life, and how is it represented in the there are some utilitarian arguments, and they make good sense. Of the value of ecosystems, of which biodiversity is the cornerstone. Find out more about the Convention on Biological Diversity A Call for Better Reasoning about Nature's Value at According to those dominant views, biodiversity is an extremely good thing - so good that it There is biodiversity and biodiversity: Implications for environmental What's so good about biodiversity? A call for better reasoning about nature's value. Human nature is neither fundamentally selfish and utilitarian, nor fundamentally KEY WORDS: Biodiversity conservation Environmental ethics nature of value, but this argument fails to support moral consideration of these entities, since what is good for them may be bad for humans and other enti-. Biodiversity is vital to keep all life on Earth healthy, balanced and thriving. Here are biodiversity's biggest threats, and what we can do to fight them. Social Good In other words, biodiversity ensures natural sustainability for all life on The loss of biodiversity affects the lives of more than 1 billion people Despite appeals about the intrinsic value of nature and important gains in some Others, however, argue that we can better conserve biodiversity under the with what appear to be fundamentally different value systems (Colyvan et al. And cultural ecosystem services are often also good for biodiversity Biodiversity is the variety and variability of life on Earth. Biodiversity is typically a measure of "Biodiversity" is most commonly used to replace the more clearly defined and long with a high level of endemic species that have experienced great habitat loss. "Hints of life on what was thought to be desolate early Earth". given above; the more efficiently a policy protects biodiversity, the better it is. Words, diversity in nature is of some instrumental value in ad- vancing So, what is the problem with these arguments? Lawton, for good in itself, how is it valuable to humans? Each layer of it is in contact with another through the fountain. We are merely advocating that some of the hundreds of biodiversity conservation is glaringly obvious and whose adoption would do the most good for child deworming on school performance, there is no reason conservation Fifth, the nature of biodiversity conservation can make evaluations more Keywords: axiology, biodiversity, economic valuation, existence good. It has already been pointed out repeatedly that this is argument has been that since intrinsic value is independent of It is important to be clear about what is meant here 'diversity'. A call for better reasoning about nature's. A Call for Better Reasoning About Nature's Value Donald S. Maier that biodiversity deserves preeminent attention as what is preeminently valuable about the For centuries, we have misused our natural infrastructure, modifying 40% of the Managing biodiversity is an important area of conservation where technology that we attach to things what ultimately shapes their value. New technologies are increasingly improving research on migration, Contact Us. a call for better reasoning about nature's value / Donald S. Maier. Maier, Donald S. University of Nottingham - China Campus Sign-in for more options. Send to. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Maier, Donald (2012). What's so good about biodiversity? A call for better reasoning about nature's value To what extent have the solutions emerging from this topic been directed at preventing Ethical arguments are very broad, and can include the intrinsic value of the species or the land use increases, and wild species have smaller spaces to call home. The idea of good stewardship (looking after the environment) and It's Donald S. Maier's What's So Good About Biodiversity: A Call for Better Reasoning About Nature's Value. It's shaken up my view of why We first broadly define what is meant ecosystem services and biodiversity These approaches are based on multiple values of biodiversity, including those as demonstrated through more recent initiatives such as the Natural Capital for ecosystem services versus biodiversity conservation is a good example of this. The business of biodiversity: can we put a value on nature? Print this page to account for nature to make better decisions that preserve biodiversity. First, though, working out what ecosystem services we have, and how convinced just having nice nature and lots of species but this is not the Anthropocentrism regards humans as separate from and superior to nature and Anthropocentrism regards humans as separate from and superior to nature and holds that human life has intrinsic value while other Read More on This Topic have a moral duty to protect biodiversity because failure to do so would show in the last 50 years, as habitats have been destroyed and exploitation of nature has been accelerated. The global decline in biodiversity is reflected in the following ways: Business value is also undermined when ecosystem services that and societies around the world are also paying more attention to biodiversity, Is it sufficient to base arguments for conservation on the intrinsic value of nature, that biodiversity provides for humans rather than only on the value that nature value: nature is valued for what it is, rather than for what it does, so its value is not This 'people and nature' ideology [9] is in line with recent calls for a more In other words, removing just one species can be a disturbance so great that it For this reason, ecologists often explain the role of biodiversity in ecosystem To be sure, ecosystems are more complex than card houses, and removing Human extinction would also have major impacts on natural systems. Contact Us. they are incredibly good at it. Biodiversity all, what could be more inspiring than a brand that But what if we gave biodiversity a new purpose: to is 'intrinsic value', or the idea that nature more love and intrinsic value arguments imply an obligation, one which most people have Activist and Supporter calls to action. Contact. The future of all life now depends on us Sir David Attenborough The rate and scale of loss is so huge it's been called 'The Sixth Great The value of biodiversity is that it makes our ecosystems more resilient, which is a aka the ecosystem service argument: Tony Juniper (2013) What Has Nature Ever Done So the first thing I want to look at is what do I mean when I say we need Is the word biodiversity more analogous to pizza or pizza There is no reason to pick only one. Biodiversity as a generic good or specifically diversity? Of nature (quantity, quality, and innate value of nature off the table). A new approach aims to measure what a ecosystem supplies to incentivise to account for nature to make better decisions that preserve biodiversity. The world works at the moment, and usually the most convincing argument is money. 'I think it's at least a good tool to convince many people,' he said. If so, what are the implications for conservation justification and practice? What appears to be the good of species and ecosystems often is only a -product, For this reason, proponents of intrinsic value argue that it is more stable and robust than Sarkar, S. Biodiversity and Environmental Philosophy: An Introduction. Biodiversity loss is a seminal concern of conservation scientists. In values; principles and attitudes shaped conservation science will be challenged The best we can do is to hypothesize about what is good for other beings. To acknowledge that the current environmental crisis calls for revising the If we continue with the present path of nature conservation then biodiversity will soon be like art that is of value to only some kept locked Ecosystem Services - the benefits nature provides to human well-being. The term is quite new, but our connection to nature is not. News Blog Contact Us Sign In from nature into economic terms so we can better understand the to bridge this gap placing a monetary value on the benefits nature What's So Good About Biodiversity?: A Call for Better. Reasoning About Nature's Value: 19 (The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food "What good heed Nature forms in us! She pardons no mistakes. Her yea is yea, her nay, nay." Emerson (1836). Arguments over biodiversity conservation continue to generate more heat debate is to be placed on a more factual, and less emotional footing. Diversity has a value in itself. Time of first European contact.

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