Global Justice and the Biodiversity Crisis - Conservation in a World of Inequality

The challenge this book grapples with is how biodiversity might be conserved without producing global injustice.

List of contents

• Introduction: Biodiversity in crisis


• 1: Biodiversity, justice, and animals


• 2: Theorizing biodiversity conservation


• 3: Sharing the burdens


• 4: Opportunity costs and global justice


• 5: Justice and biodiversity offsetting


• 6: Half Earth and beyond


• Conclusion


• Bibliography


• Index

About the author

Chris Armstrong is Professor of Political Theory at the University of Southampton. He has held fellowships from the British Academy, Leverhulme Trust, and Economic and Social Research Council, and is the author of six books and more than 50 articles. His work focuses on global justice, the politics of the ocean, environmental justice, climate justice, and natural resources.

Summary

The challenge this book grapples with is how biodiversity might be conserved without producing global injustice.

Product details

• Authors: Chris Armstrong, Chris (Professor of Political Theory Armstrong
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.03.2024
• EAN: 9780198853596
• ISBN: 978-0-19-885359-6
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biological Diversity, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Political science & theory, Biodiversity, Conservation of the environment, Political science and theory