Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
15. Conclusion - a just world for life? / 1. Conservation and justice [in] the Anthropocene: definitions and debates / Haydn Washington and Helen Kopnina. 2. Ethical approaches to conservation / Helen Kopnina and Haydn Washington -- 3. Contending with "new conservationism" / Kaitlyn Creasy -- 4. The science (and ethics) of conservation: ecological perspectives / Haydn Washington -- 5. With friends like these wilderness and biodiversity do not need enemies / David Johns -- 6. Ecosystem services - a key step forward; or, anthropocentrism's 'Trojan Horse' in conservation? / Haydn Washington -- Part II. Ideas that expand the debate - rights, TEK and education -- 7. Has anthropocentrism replaced ecocentrism in conservation? / Dominick DellaSala -- 8. The rights of the river: water, culture and ecological justice / Veronica Strang -- 9. Strengthening traditional environmental knowledge for the integration of social and ecological justice / Alessio Thomasberger -- 10. Should justice for people come before justice for the environment? Examining students' reflections on environmental ethics / Helen Kopnina -- Part III. Conservation solutions -- 11. Ecodemocracy and political representation for non-human nature / Joe Gray and Patrick Curry -- 12. The spectrum of wildness and rewilding: justice for all / Reed F. Noss -- 13. Population issues and solutions / Richard Grossman -- 14. Let Earth rebound! Conservation's new imperative / Eileen Crist -- 15. Conclusion - a just world for life? / Haydn Washington and Helen Kopnina.
Summary:
"This book takes as its point of departure today's pressing environmental challenges, particularly the loss of biodiversity, and the role of communities in protected areas conservation. In its chapters, the authors discuss areas of tension between local livelihoods and international conservation efforts, between local communities and wildlife, and finally between traditional ways of living and 'modernity'. The central premise of this book is while these tensions cannot be easily resolved they can be better understood by considering both social and ecological effects, in equal measure. While environmental problems cannot be seen as purely ecological because they always involve people, who bring to the environmental table their different assumptions about nature and culture, so are social problems connected to environmental constraints."--Excerpt from page 4 of cover.
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