"We have an important moral and ethical decision to make: Do these endangered species have a right to survive or do we have a right to drive them to extinction?"
Professor Jonathan Baillie, Zoological Society of London
The ethical foundations which underpin the wildlife conservation movement face a crisis: what gives nature its value? Anthropocentric views (which see the world as here to serve human interests) and ecocentric views (which aim to value all species equally) compete but are flawed. In contrast, a biblical perspective emphasises that both human and non-human creatures are made for the glory of God and have value directly in relation to God. This has significant implications for Christian attitudes to biodiversity conservation and for the conservation movement, which are briefly explored.
See the full paper from this link:
http://www.jubilee-centre.org/bible-and-biodiversity/
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