Abstract
This chapter focuses on the key benefits of managing nature’s systems for people’s well-being and, more broadly, for the modern economy and overall development.
Firstly, it explores a historical perspective of human connections with nature, and how nature has played a key role in shaping our ancient and modern civilizations. Secondly, it elaborates how natural resources are important for people’s well-being, and outlines the consequences of mis-managing them in terms of social-economic repercussions in the present times. To understand and evaluate the role of natural resources towards human well-being for policy decision-making, this chapter outlines three main approaches: realizing our connections with nature; applying an integrated and inclusive approach to development; and an ethical approach to live in harmony with nature. It explains the need for, and how to, realize our connections with nature, and proposes an integrated development model that is focused on people’s well-being, not the standard input and output measures, and accounts for the role nature’s services. Applying an ethical approach to lead a meaningful life that is in harmony with nature and embedding
ethical principles in
Firstly, it explores a historical perspective of human connections with nature, and how nature has played a key role in shaping our ancient and modern civilizations. Secondly, it elaborates how natural resources are important for people’s well-being, and outlines the consequences of mis-managing them in terms of social-economic repercussions in the present times. To understand and evaluate the role of natural resources towards human well-being for policy decision-making, this chapter outlines three main approaches: realizing our connections with nature; applying an integrated and inclusive approach to development; and an ethical approach to live in harmony with nature. It explains the need for, and how to, realize our connections with nature, and proposes an integrated development model that is focused on people’s well-being, not the standard input and output measures, and accounts for the role nature’s services. Applying an ethical approach to lead a meaningful life that is in harmony with nature and embedding
ethical principles in
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Sustainable Bioresource Management |
| Subtitle of host publication | Climate Change Mitigation and Natural Resource Conservation |
| Editors | Ratikanta Maiti, Humberto González Rodríguez, Ch Aruna Kumari, Debashis Mandal, Narayan Chandra Sarkar |
| Place of Publication | Boca Raton |
| Publisher | Apple Academic Press Inc. |
| Chapter | 1 |
| Pages | 1-14 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Edition | 1 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780429284229 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781771888158 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Apr 2020 |