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Conservation Ethics
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1What are the utilitarian values of biodiversity?
- AExistence Value
- BGoods such as clothing and medicines
- CCharismatic Species
- DServices such as flood defence and pollination
- EOption Value (has not been recognised yet) such as ethnobotany e.g. Rosy Periwinkle
- FReligious/Cultural/Aesthetic Value such as ecotourism; Tribal lands
2Only Utilitarian Values matter
- ATrue
- BFalse
3Why is the Rosy Periwinkle important to ethnobotany?
- AIt is of a great value simply because it exists
- BIt is worth $180m/year and can cure leukemia
- CEthnobotantists value it because they think it looks cool
4What needs to be considered if an intrinsic value is placed on an ecosystem or habitat?
- AWhich entities are morally considerable
- BPolitics
- CIf Animals are morally considerable, how close should they be to humans in terms of rights
- DJust how can the value be placed above anthropocentric ones
- EAre plants morally considerable
- FMoney
- GDegree of change in the system
5What is phylogentic uniquness?
- AThe last living species of a taxanomic catagory such as the Tutara, the only living member of order Sphenodontia
- BThe last living individual of a species such as Lonesome George
6What is a Keystone Species
- AAn economically valuable species that people like more and are more interested in protecting
- BA species that has a disproportionate effect on its ecosystem, such as beavers
7What are Charismatic Species and why are they important?
- AThey are species that people generally like more and are more interested in. Therefore, they are important as they provide a greater source of funding to charities such as WWF, and examples include the Tiger and the Giant Panda
- BThey are species which are doing so well that they need no protection and are important because the money can be used to protect other species which are dying out.
8What is the Biocentric-Anthropocentric Spectrum?
- AIt is an individual standpoint for conservation biologists based upon their views about what should be conserved and how. Many biologists are more anthropocentric as these values are more widely accepted and see Biocentrics as wacky hippies, whilst being criticised by Biocentrics as shallow resourcists
- BIt is the standpoint of others about an individual's skill and expertise as a conservation biologist
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- Quiz on Conservation Ethics, created by nathanjhaley on 02/01/2014.
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