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Biodiversity and Democracy
Paul Malcolm Wood
其他書名
Rethinking Society and Nature
出版UBC Press, 2000
主題History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)Nature / GeneralNature / Environmental Conservation & ProtectionPolitical Science / Public Policy / GeneralScience / Life Sciences / EcologyScience / Life Sciences / Biological Diversity
ISBN07748068939780774806893
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=RBKo4ImSxa0C&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋The world's species, genes, and ecosystems are going extinct at an alarming and unprecedented rate, largely as a result of human activities. If this trend continues, human civilization itself is at risk. Yet we remain either unaware or unconcerned. In Biodiversity and Democracy, Paul Wood looks at this dilemma from another perspective. He argues that the problem can be traced back to how we think about both biodiversity and democratic societies. He examines the concept of biodiversity, recasting it as an essential environmental condition that is being irreversibly depleted, not a biological resource that can simply be replaced. He then demonstrates how democratic policies cater to short-term public preferences, with little or no concern for the long term.