Harmony in Conservation

Many authors have noted the role that anthropocentrism has played in creating humanity’s dysfunctional relationship with natural world. As human hubris (excessive pride or self-confidence) is an ailment contributes to anthropogenic sixth mass extinction of Earth’s biodiversity, we argue instead for ‘harmony nature’. In recent decades, even conservation discourse become increasingly anthropocentric. Indeed, justification nature part shifted from nature’s intrinsic value ‘ecosystem services’ benefit people. Here call a transformation more harmonious human-nature grounded mutual respect and principled responsibility, utilitarianism enlightened self-interest. Far what Tennyson called ‘red tooth claw’, mixture cooperation as well competition. We UN’s ‘Harmony Nature’ program innovative refreshing path change. If are achieve harmony nature, modern industrial society will need abandon its anthropocentric ‘human supremacy’ mindset adopt ecocentric worldview ecological ethics. conclude it thus both appropriate (and essential) conservationists champion nature.