Text of the Reinwardt memorial lecture by Salvador Munoz-Vinas at the Reinwardt Academie on the 9th May of 2017.

Social scientists of conservation typically address sources of legitimacy of conservation policies in relation to local communities’ or indigenous land rights, highlighting social inequality and environmental injustice. This chapter reflects on the underlying ethics of environmental justice in order …

This paper outlines the main differences between ecocentric and anthropocentric positions in regard to justice, exploring university students’ perceptions of the concepts of social and ecological justice and reflecting on how values assigned to humans and the environment are balanced and contested. Putting …

Justice for nature remains a confused term. In recent decades justice has predominantly been limited to humanity, with a strong focus on social justice, and its spin-off – environmental justice for people. We first examine the formal rationale for ecocentrism and ecological ethics, as this underpins …

The waldrapp ibis (Geronticus eremita) is a colonial and monogamous bird species, which is classified as ‘Critically Endangered’ by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. Due to the rapid decline of wild waldrapp ibises a European Endangered species Programme (EEP) has been set up as …

The Future of Conservation survey, launched in March 2017, has proposed a framework to help with interpreting the array of ethical stances underpinning the motivations for biological conservation. In this article we highlight what is missing in this debate to date. Our overall aim is to explore what …

This research report is written as finalization of the bachelor study of Forest- and Nature conservation at the University of Applied Sciences Van Hall Larenstein. The purpose of the research is (a) to find out what influences the European Union Timber Regulation (EUTR) has had on the timber trade flows …

Through the commodification of nature, the framing of the environment as a ‘natural resource’ or ‘ecosystem service’ has become increasingly prominent in international environmental governance. The economic capture approach is promoted by international organizations such as the United Nations Environmental …

We address the explicit ecocentric roots of conservation science and the support of a growing number of conservationists for ecocentric natural value. Although ecosystem‐services arguments may play an important role in stemming the biodiversity crisis, a true transformation of humanity's relationship …

SAMENVATTING Dit onderzoek heeft als doel de Nationale Postcode Loterij (hierna te noemen NPL) inzicht te geven in de content-behoeften van het publiek op de Facebookpagina van de NPL. De NPL steunt met de opbrengst van het verkopen van loten 95 goede doelen, die werken op het gebied van ontwikkelingssamenwerking, …