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In situ and ex situ conservation: philosophical and ethical concerns

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dc.contributor.authorRolston, Holmes, 1932-, author
dc.contributor.authorIsland Press, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2007-01-03T05:45:02Z
dc.date.available2007-01-03T05:45:02Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (pages 38-39).
dc.description.abstractUnderstandings of "natural" and "artificial" lie in the background of discussions about in-situ and ex-situ conservation. Plants growing ex-situ in botanic gardens are hybrids of the natural and the artificial. There will be temptations to substitute ex-situ for in situ conservation, believing this to protect the desired resource base. The intrinsic values in plants are ecosystemically situated. In this sense intrinsic plant value is in-situ. Removed to an ex-situ location, a plant--especially a domesticated or captive plant--becomes something else, compromised in its integrity. Such compromise may be pragmatically and politically necessary, but it needs to be recognized philosophically and ethically as prejudicing the values carried by plants.
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dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationRolston, Holmes, III, In Situ and Ex Situ Conservation: Philosophical and Ethical Concerns, Guerrant, Edward O. Jr., Kathy Havens, and Mike Maunder, eds., Ex Situ Plant Conservation: Supporting Species in the Wild, 21-39. Washington, D. C.: Island Press, 2004.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/39090
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartofEnvironmental Ethics: Anthologies and Journal Articles
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dc.subjectecosystems
dc.subjectnature
dc.subjectconservation
dc.subjectwild
dc.subjectplants
dc.titleIn situ and ex situ conservation: philosophical and ethical concerns
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