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Environmental science, environmentalism and governance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2007

MICHAEL SISSENWINE
Affiliation:
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Box 2228, Teaticket, MA 02536, USA Tel: +1 508 566 3144 e-mail: msissenwine@whoi.edu, m_sissenwine@surfglobal.net

Abstract

Most environmental scientists care about the state of nature. They are concerned about loss of biodiversity, degradation of ecosystems services and threats to sustainability. Do such concerns and the values they reflect make an environmental scientist an environmentalist? Should they be environmentalists?

Type
Comment
Copyright
2007 Foundation for Environmental Conservation

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