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Conservation, human values and democracy
Author(s) -
Rull Valentí
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.1002/embr.201337942
Subject(s) - democracy , political science , biology , environmental ethics , natural resource economics , economics , politics , law , philosophy
Humans are aware of the precarious state of the environment, but we show little inclination to address the problem. Because we fail to grasp our role as individuals in Nature, strategies for a more sustainable future can only come from advances in awareness we make as societies.