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Caring animals and the ways we wrong them
Many nonhuman animals have the emotional capacities to form caring relationships that matter to them, and for their immediate welfare. Drawing from...
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Metrics in biodiversity conservation and the value-free ideal
This paper examines one aspect of the legacy of the Value-Free Ideal in conservation science: the view that measurements and metrics are value-free...
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IPCC
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the global body for assessing the science related to climate change. This article reviews the...
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No farm is an island: constrained choice, landscape thinking, and ecological insect management among Wisconsin farmers
Agriculture has long struggled to reconcile production with biodiversity conservation. Industrial farming practices that erode structural complexity...
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What is a related work? A typology of relationships in research literature
An important part of research is situating one’s work in a body of existing literature, thereby connecting to existing ideas. Despite this, the...
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Lessons on Animals and Science with Doctor Rat
The use of animals for scientific research is, of course, highly controversial. It is also a subject addressed frequently in welfare-leaning fiction....
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Is co-management a double-edged sword in the protected areas of Sundarbans mangrove?
The overall objective of the study was to examine the pros and cons of the participatory approach adopted in natural resource management in the...
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Gongsheng in Ecological Anthropology
Ecological anthropology is a science that uses the theories and methods of anthropology to study the relations between culture, society, and the...
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The value of and in novel ecosystem(s)
The very idea of novel ecosystems has been controversial in ecology. Critics have complained about its imprecision, and that it illicitly smuggles...
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“We’re very late to the party”: motivations and challenges with improving soil health in Utah
The criticalness of soil health to agricultural production and conservation has been well documented in certain areas of the US and among certain...
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The Role of NGOs and Third-Party Mechanisms
Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and other certifying and verifying organizations participate in and deliver services in a number of...
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Replacement, Reduction and Refinement: Ethical Considerations in the Current Applications of the 3Rs
Scientific integrity is a modern paradigm of science and marks some regulatory principles of how to do research in the contemporary world. Among the...
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Expertise, moral subversion, and climate deregulation
The weaponizing of scientific expertise to oppose regulation has been extensively studied. However, the relevant studies, belonging to the emerging...
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The Case for Welfare Biology
Animal welfare science and ecology are both generally concerned with the lives of animals, however they differ in their objectives and scope; the...
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A History of Hunting and Hunting Perceptions
The purposes of our second chapter are to provide a summary of hunting’s historical role and show how attitudes toward hunting have evolved. Our goal...
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Final Reflections
The rapidly deteriorating health of the Earth as documented in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2021 report is reviewed. Additional...
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The Role of Business Interest Groups
The global business community builds consensus in support of ESG and often navigates the direction of travel on global topics. There are a number of...
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Harm to Nonhuman Animals from AI: a Systematic Account and Framework
This paper provides a systematic account of how artificial intelligence (AI) technologies could harm nonhuman animals and explains why animal harms,...
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Conceptions of Health and Disease in Plants and Animals
This chapter analyzes theoretical conceptions of health and disease for plants and animals. Compared to human health, the discussion of these...
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Anthromes
Anthromes, or anthropogenic biomes, characterize the globally significant ecological patterns shaped by sustained direct human interactions with...