Assumptions about Ecological Scale and Nature Knowing Best Hiding in Environmental Decisions

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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Main Authors: R. Bruce Hull, David P. Robertson, Gregory J. Buhyoff, Erin Seekamp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2002-12-01
Series:Ecology and Society
Subjects:
biocultural
communication
conceptual models
conflict
ecological buzzwords
ecology
environmental quality
forest
human-nature dichotomy
nature
public participation
public perceptions
social construction
Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol6/iss2/art12/

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http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol6/iss2/art12/

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