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Biodiversity is a scientific term, but the author argues it carries normative baggage that has not been explored. According to the author, the goal of biodiversity conservation is to protect the viability rather than the flourishing of a species population, which is too low a bar for conservation that permits human exploitation of animals. Thus, models of conservation that focus only on biodiversity are based in an underlying anthropocentrism (human-centered perspective). The author proposes an alternative model of bio-proportionality which seeks the flourishing of all species populations, with implications such as expanding protected areas.
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