What's So Good About Biodiversity? A Call for Better Reasoning About Nature's Value

Ethics, Policy and Environment 18 (1):109-112 (2015)
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Though the term ‘biodiversity’ is a neologism, the many ideas behind it are timeless. Classifications of place, species, and landraces occur across cultures and have facilitated human survival. The...

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10.1080/21550085.2015.1016967

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