1st Edition

Rewilding and Ecological Justice The Ethics and Politics of Wildlife Regeneration

By Cristian Moyano-Fernández Copyright 2025
212 Pages
by Routledge

212 Pages
by Routledge

212 Pages
by Routledge

This book presents rewilding as a matter of ecological justice. To date, most books and articles on rewilding have viewed this concept through the lens of environmental science, while others have analyzed it from a political, ethical, and philosophical perspective. However, little attention has so far been paid to the justice angle of rewilding. Why and how should justice for rewilding be... Read more

Introduction 1. Rewilding and justice 2. Flourishing and agency of nonhuman nature 3. How to prioritize wildlife? 4. The limitations of our responsibilities for wildlife 5. Recovering wildlife with new attitudes 6. Identity, food, and wildlife 7. (De)colonial rewilding Conclusion: A roadmap to an ecological justice approach to wildlife regeneration 

Biography

Cristian Moyano-Fernández is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Institute of Philosophy at the Spanish National Research Council, Madrid, Spain. He holds a PhD in Environmental Science and Technology, and a BA and MA in Philosophy, from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.