Artículos de revistas
Why protect nature? Rethinking values and the environment
Fecha
2016-02Registro en:
Chan, Kai M. A.; Balvanera, Patricia; Benessaiah, Karina; Chapman, Molly; Diaz, Sandra Myrna; et al.; Why protect nature? Rethinking values and the environment; National Academy Of Sciences; Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America; 113; 6; 2-2016; 1462-1465
0027-8424
1091-6490
CONICET Digital
CONICET
Autor
Chan, Kai M. A.
Balvanera, Patricia
Benessaiah, Karina
Chapman, Molly
Diaz, Sandra Myrna
Gómez Baggethun, Erik
Gould, Rachelle
Hannahs, Neil
Jax, Kurt
Klain, Sarah
Luck, Gary
Martín López, Berta
Muraca, Bárbara
Norton, Bryan
Ott, Conrad
Pascual, Unai
Satterfield, Terre
Tadaki, Marc
Taggart, Jonathan
Turner, Nancy
Resumen
A cornerstone of environmental policy is the debate over protecting nature for humans’ sake (instrumental values) or for nature’s (intrinsic values). We propose that focusing only on instrumental or intrinsic values may fail to resonate with views on personal and collective well-being, or “what is right,” with regard to nature and the environment. Without complementary attention to other ways that value is expressed and realized by people, such a focus may inadvertently promote worldviews at odds with fair and desirable futures. It is time to engage seriously with a third class of values, one with diverse roots and current expressions: relational values. By doing so, we reframe the discussion about environmental protection, and open the door to new, potentially more productive policy approaches.