The Conversation

Why a sense of kinship is key to caring about the living world

Written by Matthew Hall, Associate Director, Research Services, Victoria University of Wellington

Framing nature in terms of kinship can motivate people to care about the loss of biodiversity.from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-ND

Leading thinkers in environmental economics and conservation are asking a pressing question. Why are we ignoring the destruction of the living world?

Recently, the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem...

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