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Ignoring Nature No More: The Case for Compassionate Conservation

Marc Bekoff

Abstract

For far too long humans have been ignoring nature. As the most dominant, overproducing, overconsuming, big-brained, big-footed, arrogant, and invasive species ever known, we are wrecking the planet at an unprecedented rate. And while science is important to our understanding of the impact we have on our environment, it alone does not hold the answers to the current crisis, nor does it get people to act. This book argues that we need a new mind-set about nature, one that centers on empathy, compassion, and being proactive. This book centers on compassionate conservation, a growing global moveme ... More

Keywords: nature, empathy, compassion, compassionate conservation, ecosystems, animal conservation

Bibliographic Information

Print publication date: 2013 Print ISBN-13: 9780226925332
Published to Chicago Scholarship Online: January 2014 DOI:10.7208/chicago/9780226925363.001.0001

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Marc Bekoff, author

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Front Matter

Title Pages

Dedication

Foreword

Preface Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why

Acknowledgments

Part One Ethics, Conservation, and Animal Protection

1 The Infirm Ethical Foundations of Conservation

John A. Vucetich and Michael P. Nelson

2 Venturing beyond the Tyranny of Small Differences

Paul Waldau

3 Ecocide and the Extinction of Animal Minds

Eileen Crist

4 Talking about Bushmeat

Dale Peterson

5 Conservation, Animal Rights, and Human Welfare

Ben A. Minteer

Part Two Conservation Behavior and “Enlightened Management”

6 Why We Really Don't Care about the Evidence in Evidence-Based Decision Making in Conservation (and How to Change This)

Daniel T. Blumstein

7 Cautionary Wildlife Tales

Joel Berger

8 Coyotes, Compassionate Conservation, and Coexistence

Camilla H. Fox

9 Why Evolutionary Biology Is Important for Conservation

Marco Festa-Bianchet

10 Reintroductions to “Ratchet Up” Public Perceptions of Biodiversity

Philip J. Seddon and Yolanda van Heezik

11 Przewalski's Horses and Red Wolves

Sarah R. B. King

12 Why Individuals Matter

Liv Baker

Part Three Conservation Economics and Politics

13 The Imperative of Steady State Economics for Wild Animal Welfare

Brian Czech

14 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Tourism in New Zealand

Eric J. Shelton

Part Four Human Dimensions of Social Justice, Empathy, and Compassion for Animals and other Nature

15 Anthropological Perspectives on Ignoring Nature

Barbara J. King

16 Nature and Animals in Human Social Interactions

Susan Clayton

17 Conservation Social Work

Philip Tedeschi, Sarah M. Bexell, and Jolie NeSmith

18 The War on Nature—Turning the Tide?

David Johns

19 Consuming Nature

Carrie Packwood Freeman and Jason Leigh Jarvis

20 Children, Animals, and Social Neuroscience

Olin E. “Gene” Myers Jr.

Part Five Culture, Religion, and Spirituality

21 Compassionate Conservation

Daniel Ramp, Dror Ben-Ami, Keely Boom, and David B. Croft

22 Explaining China's Wildlife Crisis

Peter J. Li

23 A Triangular Playing Field

Vivek Menon

24 Conservation and Its Challenges in Kenya

Josphat Ngonyo and Mariam Wanjala

25 Is Green Religion an Oxymoron?

Bron Taylor

26 Avatar

Anthony L. Rose and A. Gabriela Rose

Some Closing Words

Marc Bekoff

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