"A Political-Ecology Approach to Wildlife Conservation in Kenya"
John S. Akama, Christopher L. Lant, and G. Wesley Burnett use a political-ecological framework in the analysis of the social factors of wildlife conservation in Kenya.
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"Humean Nature"
Alan Carter seeks to advance our understanding of some of the possibilities within Humean moral theory, while simultaneously providing new foundations for both animal welfare and a wider environmental ethic.
"The Naive Argument against Moral Vegetarianism"
Peter Alward examines a naive argument against moral vegetarianism.
"The Birth of a Research Animal: Ibsen's The Wild Duck and the Origin of a New Animal Science"
H.A.E. Zwart discusses Ibsen’s The Wild Duck as the origin of a new animal science.
"Humans Valuing Nature: Synthesising Insights from Philosophy, Psychology and Economics"
Michael Lockwood synthesizes insights from philosophy, psychology, and economics towards an understanding of how humans value nature.
"The Value of Nature's Otherness"
Simon A. Hailwood discuss some key elements of an environmental philosophy distinguishing between humanity and a nature valued precisely for its otherness, and some of the difficulties involved with keeping nature’s otherness in focus.
On Being Edgy: The Potential of Parklands and Justice in the Global South
This article assesses the impact of Jane Carruthers’ seminal book The Kruger National Park.
Mandy Martin’s Artistic Explorations
In this article, Jane Carruthers outline the merits of Mandy Martin’s artwork and the nature of her projects.
Playing the Matrix: The Fate of Biocultural Diversity in Community Governance and Management of Protected Areas
This article assesses the merits of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Protected Areas Matrix, and asks whether we are destroying endogenous processes that generate biocultural diversity in our quest to conserve it.
E. O. Wilson’s Biodiversity, Commodity Culture, and Sentimental Globalism
This essay discusses Biodiversity, the 1988 landmark collection of papers edited by American biologist E. O. Wilson, which established biodiversity as a popular scientific concept.