Assumptions about Ecological Scale and Nature Knowing Best Hiding in Environmental Decisions
Assumptions about nature are embedded in people's preferences for environmental policy and management. The people we interviewed justified preservationist policies using four assumptions about nature knowing best: nature is balanced, evolution is progressive, technology is suspect, and the Crea...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Resilience Alliance
2002-12-01
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| Series: | Ecology and Society |
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| Online Access: | http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol6/iss2/art12/ |