LEADER 03998nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910791693303321 005 20231206203531.0 010 $a1-283-11169-1 010 $a9786613111692 010 $a0-7748-5063-9 024 7 $a10.59962/9780774850636 035 $a(CKB)2560000000052430 035 $a(OCoLC)59671503 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10087563 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000381739 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11279850 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000381739 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10383221 035 $a(PQKB)10547306 035 $a(CaPaEBR)404051 035 $a(CaBNvSL)jme00324114 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3411957 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10055936 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL311169 035 $a(OCoLC)923440092 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/khtk7n 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2010-12-16/1/10087563 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3411957 035 $a(DE-B1597)661137 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780774850636 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3241472 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000052430 100 $a20000114d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBiodiversity and democracy$b[electronic resource] $erethinking society and nature /$fPaul M. Wood 210 $aVancouver $cUBC Press$dc2000 215 $a1 online resource (253 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-7748-0688-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references: p. [211]-225. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $tPractical Reasoning about Nature -- $tBiological Diversity: An Environmental Condition -- $tUtility Maximization -- $tEconomic Efficiency -- $tConsensus among Stakeholders -- $tThe Case for the Priority of Biodiversity Conservation -- $tThe Costs of Biodiversity Conservation -- $tConstitutional and Statutory Implications -- $tNotes -- $tReferences -- $tIndex 330 $aThe 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. 517 3 $aRethinking society and nature 606 $aBiodiversity conservation 606 $aBiodiversity conservation$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aBiodiversity conservation. 615 0$aBiodiversity conservation$xPolitical aspects. 676 $a333.95/16 700 $aWood$b Paul M$g(Paul Malcolm),$f1950-$01514795 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791693303321 996 $aBiodiversity and democracy$93750217 997 $aUNINA