Faking Nature by Robert Elliot - 9780415111393

Taylor & Francis

Faking Nature explores the arguments surrounding the concept of ecological restoration. This is a crucial process in the modern world and is central to companies' environmental policy; whether areas restored after ecological destruction are less valuable than before the damage took place. Elliot discusses the pros and cons of the argument and examines the role of humans in the natural world. This volume is a timely and provocative analysis of the simultaneous destruction and restoration of the natural world and the ethics related to those processes, in an era of accelerated environmental damage and repair.\n > 1 The Nature Of Natural Value 2 Environmental Obligation, Aesthetic Value And The Basis Of Natural Value 3 Faking Nature 4 Naturalness, Intrinsic Value And Restoration Ecology > \n'This book raises a number of important questions for anyone involved in debate of human-induced environmental change. It serves both as a kind of expose of the restoration proposal, and as an i.