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Concepts and Values in Biodiversity book cover

1st Edition

Concepts and Values in Biodiversity

Edited By Dirk Lanzerath, Minou Friele Copyright 2014
384 Pages
by Routledge

380 Pages 33 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

384 Pages 33 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Biodiversity may refer to the diversity of genes, species or ecosystems in general. These varying concepts of biodiversity occasionally lead to conflicts among researchers and policy makers, as each of them require a customized type of protection strategy. This book addresses the questions surrounding the merits of conserving an existing situation, evolutionary development or the intentional... Read more

Part 1 Concepts and Values   1. The Necessity for Biodiversity Research: We are Responsible for the Quality of Life of Coming Generations  2. Biodiversity and the "Substitution Problem"  3. Biodiversity: A Methodological Reconstruction of Some Fundamental Misperception  4. Framing Biodiversity: The Case of "Invasive Alien Species"  5. Community-Level Biodiversity: An Inquiry into the Ecological and Cultural Background and Practical Consequences of Opposing Concepts  6.Ethics of Nature and Biodiversity  7. The Values of Biodiversity  Part 2 Policies and Justice  8. The Future of Biodiversity and Sustainable Development: Challenges and Opportunities  9. Access and Benefit Sharing as a Challenge for International Law  10. The Legal Protection of Biodiversity in Namibia  11. The Impact of Access and Benefit Sharing Programmes on Indigenous People in Australia  12. Reconstructing the "Biopiracy" Debate from a Justice Perspective  Part 3 Challenges and Chances  13. Biodiversity Hotspots: Concepts, Applications and Challenges  14. Whose Biodiversity is it? Challenges in Managing Migratory Species  15. Facing the Biodiversity Challenge: Plant Endemism as an Appropriate Biodiversity Indicator  16. Bionics  17. Nature’s Chemical Treasure Trove: Biodiversity and Pharmaceuticals  18. Protection of Biodiversity for the Sake of Science?

Biography

Dirk Lanzerath is Executive Officer of the German Reference Centre for Ethics in the Life Sciences (DRZE) and Lecturer for Philosophy and Ethics at the University of Bonn, Germany.

Minou Friele is Head of the Junior Research Group Medicine and Ethics at the Institute for Science and Ethics (IWE) at the University of Bonn, Germany.

"[T]he book is most suitable for readers with the appropriate background and interest. It would be an excellent resource for policy makers, researchers, and students in various environmental disciplines. Summing Up: Recommended. Environmental sciences collections serving upper-division undergraduates through professionals/practitioners." – K. R. Thompson, CHOICE, Ozarks Technical Community College

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