The need to respect nature and its limits challenges society and conservation science

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 22, 2016, Pages 6105-6112

  Martin, Jean Louis ^a   Maris, Virginie ^a   Simberloff, Daniel S ^b  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Economy; Environmental crisis; Growth paradigm; Philosophy; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOSPHERE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; DOMESTICATION; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GREEN CHEMISTRY; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; NATURAL SCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOLOGY; WELLBEING; ATTITUDE; BIODIVERSITY; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENT; PROCEDURES;

ATTITUDE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; SOCIAL CHANGE;

EID: 84973110376     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1525003113     Document Type: Article

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