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Ethical Approaches to Conservation

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This chapter will elaborate on issues discussed in Chap. 1, where we have mentioned that environmental justice is often associated with social justice, or justice in distribution of environmental risks and benefits.

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    Helen Kopnina

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Kopnina, H., Washington, H. (2020). Ethical Approaches to Conservation. In: Kopnina, H., Washington, H. (eds) Conservation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13905-6_2

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