Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword xi
4. Preface: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why It Shouldn’t Be All about Us xiii
5. Acknowledgments xxix
6. Part One Ethics, Conservation, and Animal Protection
7. Trying to Make Difficult Decisions Easier 3
8. 1. The Infirm Ethical Foundations of Conservation 9
9. 2. Venturing beyond the Tyranny of Small Differences: The Animal Protection Movement, Conservation, and Environmental Education 27
10. 3. Ecocide and the Extinction of Animal Minds 45
11. 4. Talking about Bushmeat 63
12. 5 Conservation, Animal Rights, and Human Welfare: A Pragmatic View of the “Bushmeat Crisis” 77
13. Part Two: Conservation Behavior and “Enlightened Management”
14. Guidelines for Restoring, Recreating, and Redecorating Nature 97
15. 6. Why We Really Don’t Care about the Evidence in Evidence- Based Decision Making in Conservation (and How to Change This) 103
16. 7. Cautionary Wildlife Tales: Learning to Fail or Failing to Learn? 113
17. 8. Coyotes, Compassionate Conservation, and Coexistence: Why Ignoring Nature Means Ineff ective “Predator Management” 119
18. 9. Why Evolutionary Biology Is Important for Conservation: Toward Evolutionarily Sustainable Harvest Management 125
19. 10. Reintroductions to “Ratchet Up” Public Perceptions of Biodiversity: Reversing the Extinction of Experience through Animal Restorations 137
20. 11. Przewalski’s Horses and Red Wolves: Importance of Behavioral Research for Species Brought Back from the Brink of Extinction 153
21. 12. Why Individuals Matter: Lessons in Animal Welfare and Conservation 159
22. Part Three. Conservation Economics and Politics
23. It All Comes Down to Money 169
24. 13. The Imperative of Steady State Economics for Wild Animal Welfare 171
25. 14. Conservation, Biodiversity, and Tourism in New Zealand : Engaging with the Conservation Economy 183
26. Part Four. Human Dimensions of Social Justice, Empathy, and Compassion for Animals and Other Nature
27. 15. Anthropological Perspectives on Ignoring Nature 199
28. 16. Nature and Animals in Human Social Interactions: Fostering Environmental Identity 211
29. 17. Conservation Social Work The Interconnectedness of Biodiversity Health and Human Resilience 223
30. 18. The War on Nature—Turning the Tide?: Lessons from Other Movements and Conservation History 237
31. 19. Consuming Nature: The Cultural Politics of Animals and the Environment in the Mass Media 257
32. 20. Children, Animals, and Social Neuroscience: Empathy, Conservation Education, and Activism 271
33. Part Five. Culture, Religion, and Spirituality
34. Using Empathy and Compassion to Develop a Unified Global Movement to Protect Animals and Their Homes 289
35. 21. Compassionate Conservation: A Paradigm Shift for Wildlife Management in Australasia 295
36. 22. Explaining China’s Wildlife Crisis: Cultural Tradition or Politics of Development 317
37. 23. A Triangular Playing Field: The Social, Economic, and Ethical Context of Conserving India’s Natural Heritage 331
38. 24. Conservation and Its Challenges in Kenya 343
39. 25. Is Green Religion an Oxymoron? : Biocultural Evolution and Earthly Spirituality 353
40. 26. Avatar: The Search for Biosynergy and Compassion 361
41. Some Closing Words :Moving Ahead with Heart, Peace, and Compassion 379
42. About the Contributors 389
43. Contributors’ Contact Information 399
44. Index 405