"Nature Connoisseurship"
Allan Greenbaum presents his notion of nature connoisseurship.
Allan Greenbaum presents his notion of nature connoisseurship.
This paper suggests that the contribution of Buddhism to the issue of species conservation should be part of the conservation discourse.
John O’Neill discusses the problems in conservation policy based upon the identification of ecological value with a particular conception of beauty and wilderness.
In this essay, Freya Mathews argues that the moral point of view involves a feeling for the inner reality of others and explains the consequences of this idea for other-than-human life forms and systems.
In this paper, arguments for ecosystems service valuation are critically appraised and the case for a model leading to value pluralism is presented.
In this paper, the author argues that species may also be native or non-native to human communities and that, by way of an analogy with varieties of domesticated and cultivated species, that this sense of nativity is grounded by the cultural relationships human communities have with species.
This article looks at the proposed global biodiversity census, which aims to take inventory of every species on earth as a response to anthropogenic species extinction.
Bron Taylor examines the evolution of “green religions” in North America and beyond.
In Wild Earth 7, no. 1 David Abram rediscovers our animal senses, Stephanie Kaza analyzes assumptions and stereotypes about human-nature relations, Connie Barlow reflects on the epic of evolution, and Christopher Manes reflects on a meaningful relationship with the wild.
In Wild Earth 7, no. 2 Doug Peacock presents his field report on the Yellowstone bison slaughter, Reed Noss writes about endangered major ecosystems of the United States, and Virginia Abernethy analyzes if and how population growth discourages environmentally sound behavior.