Environmental Philosophy and Ethics

External reference: https://openalex.org/T12819

  1. Swedish municipalities show interest in biodiversity but face constraints
    National survey reveals Swedish municipalities prioritise biodiversity but face organisational constraints, funding gaps, and conflicting agendas that fragment implementation efforts.
  2. Nature-inclusive urban development showed mixed social effects
    Study of Harbin's nature-inclusive urban development finds original residents experienced well-being declines and lower fairness perceptions despite economic gains, highlighting gentrification risks.
  3. Symbolic power shapes which nature values become legitimate
    A conceptual framework integrating symbolic power and socially endorsed beliefs explains how values of nature gain legitimacy in sustainability governance, illustrated through Japanese fisheries.
  4. Animal culture may merit conservation because it matters to animals
    Examining how animal cultures reshape conservation goals and why protecting them requires centering animals' own interests in agency and cultural self-determination.
  5. Art-science collaboration explores climate modelling and ecoliteracy
    An art-science collaboration examines how immersive installations and data visualizations engage publics with climate modelling and forest ecology, linking visual literacy to ecoliteracy development.
  6. Forest education is linked to learning about socio-ecological risk
    Forest-based education across Australia, Nepal, and Switzerland shows how integrating local risk perceptions with constructivist pedagogy builds critical knowledge about sustainable management.
  7. Dutch planning law fits adaptive law but raises justice concerns
    Examining adaptive planning law and environmental justice in the Dutch Environmental Planning Act, revealing tensions between procedural flexibility and substantive equity commitments.
  8. Value pluralism supports conservation portfolio approaches
    Value pluralism provides ethical justification for portfolio approaches in conservation by recognizing diverse ecosystem values and supporting inclusive, diversified conservation strategies.
  9. Mainstream vegan discourse may reinforce human exceptionalism
    Examine how mainstream vegan advocacy's focus on sentient animal welfare reinforces anthropocentrism. Explore post-anthropocentric frameworks for transformative multispecies ethics beyond zoocentrism.
  10. Sentient animals are judged more convincing bearers of intrinsic value
    Philosophical analysis reconceptualizing ethical individualism in animal and environmental ethics through non-atomistic frameworks emphasizing relational interdependence.
  11. Perceived environmental quality linked to restoration in urban greenspaces
    Path analysis of greenspace characteristics, perceived environmental quality, and psychological restoration outcomes in urban settings using mediation models from Munich greenspace survey data.
  12. Indigenous wolf beliefs are linked to niche construction
    Comparative analysis of Indigenous Plains concepts of wolves as creator figures through Niche Construction theory and Yellowstone ecosystem data.
  13. Wheeler’s installation links desert perception with the sublime
    Analysis of Doug Wheeler's immersive installation examining landscape representation, the sublime, and human-nature relationships through philosophical and ecological theoretical frameworks.
  14. Paiwan views of the clouded leopard challenge extinction as final
    Ethnographic examination of Paiwan ontologies of the Formosan clouded leopard reveals extinction as relational transformation rather than terminal loss, challenging Western conservation frameworks.