Three ways to think about the sixth mass extinction

Cafaro, Philip

doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2015.10.017

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“…Basically, it is argued that without acknowledging the intrinsic value, the rights and welfare of nonhuman nature that are not functionally useful to human welfare are likely to be continuously ignored [135]. Essentially, anthropocentric orientations make a portion of biological diversity expendable and ignore animal welfare concerns, because no negative side effects for people ensue [77,78].…”

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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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“…Simultaneously, sustainable development rhetoric tends to privilege human welfare over concerns with the environment [76,77]. This prioritizing of economic objectives negates the very chance of other species' evolutionary unfolding [78,79] and ecological justice [80,81].…”

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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“…We are facing a crisis due to the world's biodiversity being degraded at an alarming rate (Gonzalez et al., ; Naeem, Duffy, & Zavaleta, ; Plotnick, Smith, & Lyons, ). According to recent estimates, current rates of extinction may be comparable to the Cretaceous extinction of the dinosaurs, casting us as a metaphorical asteroid (Cafaro, ; Plotnick et al., ).…”

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confidence: 99%

Scale dependence of the diversity–stability relationship in a temperate grassland

Zhang

Loreau

et al. 2017

Journal of Ecology

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A positive relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem stability has been reported in many ecosystems; however, it has yet to be determined whether and how spatial scale affects this relationship. Here, for the first time, we assessed the effects of alpha, beta and gamma diversity on ecosystem stability and the scale dependence of the slope of the diversity-stability relationship.By employing a long-term (33 years) dataset from a temperate grassland, northern China, we calculated the all possible spatial scales with the complete combination from the basic 1-m plots.Species richness was positively associated with ecosystem stability through species asynchrony and overyielding at all spatial scales (1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 m). Both alpha and beta diversity were positively associated with gamma stability.Moreover, the slope of the diversity-area relationship was significantly higher than that of the stability-area relationship, resulting in a decline of the slope of the diversity-stability relationship with increasing area. With the positive species diversity effect on ecosystem stability from small to large spatial scales, our findings demonstrate the need to maintain a high biodiversity and biotic heterogeneity as insurance against the risks incurred by ecosystems in the face of global environmental changes.

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“…Basically, it is argued that without acknowledging the intrinsic value, the rights and welfare of nonhuman nature that are not functionally useful to human welfare are likely to be continuously ignored (Eckersley 2004;Miller at al 2013). Essentially, anthropocentric orientations make a portion of biological diversity expendable and ignore animal welfare concerns, because no negative side effects for people ensue (Cafaro 2015;Shoreman-Ouimet and Kopnina 2016).…”

Section: Introduction Anthropocentric and Ecocentric Valuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Simultaneously, sustainable development rhetoric tends to privilege human welfare over concerns with the environment (Rolston 2015;Shoreman-Ouimet and Kopnina 2016). This prioritizing of economic objectives not only undermines human resource base in the long term, but also negates the very chance of other species' evolutionary unfolding (Crist 2012;Cafaro 2015).…”

Section: Introduction Anthropocentric and Ecocentric Valuesmentioning

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Testing Ecocentric and Anthropocentric Attitudes toward the Sustainable Development (EAATSD) scale with Bachelor students

Kopnina

Cocis

2017

EjoSA

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The Ecocentric and Anthropocentric Attitudes toward the Sustainable Development (EAATSD) scale is adapted from other scales measuring environmental concern with the aim of specifically targeting the subject of sustainable development. This scale was tested with three groups of students, those of International Business and Management Studies, and of Sustainable Business, both at The Hague University of Applied Science; and students of Environment and Development at Leiden University College. It was hypothesized that students who chose elective courses concerned with sustainability will be more ecocentric than those from a general business course. Analysis of the findings demonstrates however that while there are individual differences in attitudes between the students within the course, there are no significant differences between the students in different courses. This suggests that anthropocentric and ecocentric values are independent of the students' chosen course, and that students that follow sustainability course are not more ecocentric.

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Three ways to think about the sixth mass extinction

Cited by 77 publications

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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

Scale dependence of the diversity–stability relationship in a temperate grassland

Testing Ecocentric and Anthropocentric Attitudes toward the Sustainable Development (EAATSD) scale with Bachelor students

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