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Why conserving species in the wild still matters

2018-05-01

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Wildlife conservation efforts have traditionally prioritized protection of species in the wild over protection in zoos and other captive states. This emphasis mirrors a long-held and more general Western view of the wild and wilderness as antidote to the ills of civilization. However, recent philosophical treatments have posited that with the rise of human dominance in the world we have reached the end of nature a...

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Literature Corpus work: f357ddcf-5d4c-54bf-bf53-93ecb9d294b9
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-018-1509-y

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