Re-examining culture/conservation conflict: the view of anthropology of conservation through the lens of environmental ethics

Kopnina, Helen

doi:10.1080/1943815x.2011.625951

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“…At present, much of ESD is based on the assumption that social, economic and environmental interests do indeed converge, and that plural ethical perspectives in education are desirable (e.g., [88][89][90][91]). However, while an anthropocentric motivation can produce environmentally positive outcomes in situations where both humans and nonhumans are negatively affected, as in cases of pollution or climate change, anthropocentrism is not enough to protect natural elements that have no utilitarian value [77,81,[92][93][94][95][96][97][98][99]. Critical scholars have argued that mainstream ESD ignores the urgency of environmental problems through the discursive politics of neoliberal ideology of equitable economic growth (e.g., [100][101][102][103][104]).…”

Section: Ecocentric Perspective On Sustainable Developmentmentioning

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Environmental Education: Reflecting on Application of Environmental Attitudes Measuring Scale in Higher Education Students

Kopnina

Cocis

2017

Education Sciences

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Abstract:The Ecocentric and Anthropocentric Attitudes toward the Sustainable Development (EAATSD) scale measures environmental concern in relation to sustainable development. This article will discuss how this scale was tested with three groups of Dutch higher education students. Findings demonstrate that anthropocentric and ecocentric values are independent of the students' chosen course of study, suggesting that students attracted by the 'sustainable development' course title do not necessarily associate 'sustainability' with ecocentric aims. This article discusses why ecocentric values are beneficial to the objective of a sustainable society and proposes ways forward in which these values can be enhanced in learners.

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Section: Ecocentric Perspective On Sustainable Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Environmental Education: Reflecting on Application of Environmental Attitudes Measuring Scale in Higher Education Students

Kopnina

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2017

Education Sciences

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“…They are used to emphasize their own moral and cultural superiority. This overlooks ecocentric rationalities that come from rural people and which are used as theoretical validation for 'fortress conservation' on one hand or neoliberal conservation approaches on the other, both excluding rural people (Kopnina 2012b;Kopnina 2012a;Wilshusen et al 2002). For different reasons, academics also criticize anthropologists and theoreticians of conservation for looking for the 'conservationist within' rural people, reinventing the 'noble savage' with inherent ecological moral status (Brosius 1997;Brosius et al 1998;Inglehart 1995;Nadasdy 2005;Waitt 1999).…”

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Campesino justification for self-initiated conservation actions: a challenge to mainstream conservation

Shanee¹

2013

Journal of Political Ecology

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Northeastern Peru is considered a global conservation priority due to high biodiversity and acute threats to natural habitat. Its non-indigenous migrant populations, known as campesinos, are presented by mainstream conservation agents as the major threat to this area, as environmentally destructive, apathetic to nature, and only responsive to economic and material incentives. But the campesinos of Northeastern Peru often initiate their own conservation projects, justifying these actions with moral rationales. I divided these into anthropocentric and ecocentric categories. Justifications included an appreciation of nature's intrinsic values, religious or spiritual value, an aspiration for sustainability and a concern for future generations. I found that conservation is also seen as part of the struggle for social justice and recognition. Monetary incentives promoted by mainstream conservation agents were generally perceived in three ways: 1) as an opportunity for personal economic gain; 2) as an opportunity to sustain otherwise unaffordable conservation activities; 3) and when conservation was part of a social struggle economic incentives were perceived as unnecessary, undesirable or even a hindrance. Governmental legislation and outside conservation agents generally remain biased towards using economic justifications for local initiatives. I used social methodologies to record campesino justifications for conservation and their interactions with conventional conservation. My aim was to categorize and analyze campesino views on conservation, highlighting those which challenge mainstream conservation, political ecologists' paradigms, and those that offer alternatives for collaboration with local populations towards shared goals.Keywords: Conservation, environmental ethics, Peru, ecocentrism, anthropocentrism, neoliberal conservation, local participation.

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“…Though there has been a concerted effort to apply concepts of EJ to human populations, nonhuman animals remain nearly absent from this discourse (Kopnina 2014). Kopnina (2014) argues that scholars are influenced by the "dominant neoliberal ideology of anthropocentrism" (p. 2) (see also, e.g., Callicott 1999;Catton and Dunlap 1978;Crist 2012;Kopnina 2012aKopnina , 2012b. The traditional tendency of social science to be anthropocentric has limited inquiry into animal-environment issues to discussions of the implications of these issues to humans, without regard for the inherent value of animal species (Beirne 2009;Nibert 2002).…”

Section: Environmental Justice and The Place Of Animalsmentioning

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Exploring the Place of Animals and Human–Animal Relationships in Hydraulic Fracturing Discourse

Whitley

2019

Social Sciences

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Throughout human history, energy security has been a prominent concern. Historically, animals were used as energy providers and as companions and sentinels in mining operations. While animals are seldom used for these purposes in developed communities today, this legacy of use is likely to have far-reaching consequences for how animals and human–animal relationships are acknowledged in energy development. The US is currently experiencing an energy boom in the form of high volume horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing (HVHHF); because animals are the most at risk from this boom, this study uses a thorough content analysis of peer-reviewed HVHHF articles mentioning animals from 2012–2018 to assess how animals and human–animal relationships are discussed. Three dominant article theme classifications emerge: animal-focused articles, animal-observant articles, and animal sentinel articles. Across themes, articles seldom acknowledge the inherent value or the social and psychological importance of animals in human lives; instead, the focus is almost exclusively on the use of animals as sentinels for potential human health risks. Further, what is nearly absent from this body of literature is any social science research. Given that relationships with animals are an integral part of human existence, this study applies environmental justice principles, serving as a call to action for social science scholars to address the impacts of HVHHF on animals and human–animal relationships.

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Re-examining culture/conservation conflict: the view of anthropology of conservation through the lens of environmental ethics

Cited by 21 publications

References 51 publications

Environmental Education: Reflecting on Application of Environmental Attitudes Measuring Scale in Higher Education Students

Environmental Education: Reflecting on Application of Environmental Attitudes Measuring Scale in Higher Education Students

Campesino justification for self-initiated conservation actions: a challenge to mainstream conservation

Exploring the Place of Animals and Human–Animal Relationships in Hydraulic Fracturing Discourse

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