03998nam 2200685Ia 450 991079169330332120231206203531.01-283-11169-197866131116920-7748-5063-910.59962/9780774850636(CKB)2560000000052430(OCoLC)59671503(CaPaEBR)ebrary10087563(SSID)ssj0000381739(PQKBManifestationID)11279850(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000381739(PQKBWorkID)10383221(PQKB)10547306(CaPaEBR)404051(CaBNvSL)jme00324114(Au-PeEL)EBL3411957(CaPaEBR)ebr10055936(CaONFJC)MIL311169(OCoLC)923440092(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/khtk7n(schport)gibson_crkn/2010-12-16/1/10087563(MiAaPQ)EBC3411957(DE-B1597)661137(DE-B1597)9780774850636(MiAaPQ)EBC3241472(EXLCZ)99256000000005243020000114d2000 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrBiodiversity and democracy[electronic resource] rethinking society and nature /Paul M. WoodVancouver UBC Pressc20001 online resource (253 p.) Includes index.0-7748-0688-5 Includes bibliographical references: p. [211]-225.Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Practical Reasoning about Nature -- Biological Diversity: An Environmental Condition -- Utility Maximization -- Economic Efficiency -- Consensus among Stakeholders -- The Case for the Priority of Biodiversity Conservation -- The Costs of Biodiversity Conservation -- Constitutional and Statutory Implications -- Notes -- References -- IndexThe 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. Wood considers a number of contemporary theories of justice and concludes that biodiversity conservation is a legitimate constraint on current collective preferences and that biodiversity should be conserved, even if it is not in the public's current best interest to do so. This is a strong message that carries serious implications for constitutional and statutory legal reform in liberal democracies. This book will be of interest to academics and professionals in the related fields of conservation biology, environmental law, public policy, environmental ethics and political philosophy. Public interest groups, environmental advocacy groups and government agencies will also find Wood's approach thought-provoking.Rethinking society and natureBiodiversity conservationBiodiversity conservationPolitical aspectsBiodiversity conservation.Biodiversity conservationPolitical aspects.333.95/16Wood Paul M(Paul Malcolm),1950-1514795MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791693303321Biodiversity and democracy3750217UNINA01547nas 2200505 a 450 99620329710331620240413024259.01878-1683(OCoLC)46851364(CKB)110998584177022(CONSER) 2004252303(DE-599)ZDB2129669-8(EXLCZ)9911099858417702220010501a20019999 sy aengurmnu|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierTransfusion and apheresis science[Amsterdam] Elsevier Sciencec2001-Title from table of contents screen (ScienceDirect, viewed Feb. 12, 2004).Refereed/Peer-reviewed1473-0502 TRANSFUSION & APHERESIS SCIENCETRANSFUS APHER SCITransfus Apheresis SciTransfus. apher. sci.TRANSFUS. APHER. SCIBloodTransfusionPeriodicalsHemapheresisPeriodicalsBlood Component TransfusionBlood Component RemovalPeriodical.BloodTransfusionHemapheresisBlood Component Transfusion.Blood Component Removal.615.39World Apheresis Association.European Society for Haemapheresis.JOURNAL996203297103316Transfusion and apheresis science1890864UNISA