Biodiversity and environmental philosophy an introduction

This book explores the epistemological and ethical issues at the foundations of environmental philosophy, emphasizing the conservation of biodiversity. Sahotra Sarkar criticizes previous attempts to attribute intrinsic value to nature and defends an anthropocentric postion on biodiversity conservation based on an untraditional concept of transformative value. However, unlike other studies in the field of environmental philosophy, this book is concerned as much 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 are transforming ecology. Introducing a brief history of conservation biology, Sarkar analyzes the new consensus framework for conservation planning through adaptive management. He concludes with a discussion of the future directions for theoretical research in conservation biology and environmental philosophy.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Sarkar, Sahotra autor/a
Format:	Texto biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 2005
Subjects:	Conservación de la diversidad biológica, Filosofía ambiental, Ciencias ambientales, Bioética,
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