Ecocentrism: what it is, why scientists & philosophers share in it

"The debate about why we ought to protect nature is much older than the field of conservation science." So say John J. Piccolo, Haydn Washington, Helen Kopnina, and Bron Taylor, in their paper: "Why conservation scientists should re‐embrace their ecocentric roots" in the journal Conservation Biology.

"Although ecosystem‐services arguments may play an important role in stemming the biodiversity crisis, a true transformation of humanity's relationship with nature ought to be based in part on ecocentric valuation. Conservation scientists have played a leading role in initiating this transformation, and they ought to continue to do so."


Read the paper at:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/cobi.13067