The Ethics of Assisted Colonization in the Age of Anthropogenic Climate Change

Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 827-845

  Albrecht, G A ^a   Brooke, C ^b   Bennett, D H ^c   Garnett, S T ^c  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WWF INTERNATIONAL   (Switzerland)

^c CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Assisted colonization; Climate change; Environmental ethics; Ethics; Instrumental value; Intrinsic value; Managed relocation; Mitigation; Sentience; Sustainability ethics

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLONIZATION; ETHICS; RELOCATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84883053488     PISSN: 11877863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10806-012-9411-1     Document Type: Review

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