Abstract: Biodiversity has emerged as a package of concerns with a political impetus which is forcing it above ‘Nature’ and ‘ecology’ in the issue stakes. There are those who believe that Nature, as it appears in the context of nature conservation, should be replaced by the notion of biodiversity – as if it’s the diversity of life which deserves our sole consideration and effort. Surely not?
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