Concepts and Values in Biodiversity

Dirk Lanzerath is Executive Officer of the German Reference Centre for Ethics in the Life Sciences (DRZE) and Lecturer for Philosophy and Ethics at the University of Bonn, Germany.Minou Friele is Head of the Junior Research Group Medicine and Ethics at the Institute for Science and Ethics (IWE) at the University of Bonn, Germany.

• Part 1 Concepts and Values 1. The Necessity for Biodiversity Research: We are Responsible for the Quality of Life of Coming Generations 2. Biodiversity and the "Substitution Problem" 3. Biodiversity: A Methodological Reconstruction of Some Fundamental Misperception 4. Framing Biodiversity: The Case of "Invasive Alien Species" 5. Community-Level Biodiversity: An Inquiry into the Ecological and Cultural Background and Practical Consequences of Opposing Concepts 6.Ethics of Nature and Biodiversity 7. The Values of Biodiversity Part 2 Policies and Justice 8. The Future of Biodiversity and Sustainable Development: Challenges and Opportunities 9. Access and Benefit Sharing as a Challenge for International Law 10. The Legal Protection of Biodiversity in Namibia 11. The Impact of Access and Benefit Sharing Programmes on Indigenous People in Australia 12. Reconstructing the "Biopiracy" Debate from a Justice Perspective Part 3 Challenges and Chances 13. Biodiversity Hotspots: Concepts, Applications and Challenges 14. Whose Biodiversity is it? Challenges in Managing Migratory Species 15. Facing the Biodiversity Challenge: Plant Endemism as an Appropriate Biodiversity Indicator 16. Bionics 17. Nature’s Chemical Treasure Trove: Biodiversity and Pharmaceuticals 18. Protection of Biodiversity for the Sake of Science?

"[T]he book is most suitable for readers with the appropriate background and interest. It would be an excellent resource for policy makers, researchers, and students in various environmental disciplines. Summing Up: Recommended. Environmental sciences collections serving upper-division undergraduates through professionals/practitioners." – K. R. Thompson, CHOICE, Ozarks Technical Community College"The book offers plenty of food for thought and each contribution is extremely well-informed and informative...on the whole, this edited volume makes a valuable contribution to the study and practice of biodiversity, with all the authors offering their disciplinary and professional expertise." - Antje Brown, University of St Andrews, Enviromental Values, Volume 26, Number 2, April 2017