Jonathan Newman, Gary Varner, and Stefan Linquist’s Defending Biodiversity: Environmental Science and Ethics is a critical examination of a panoply of arguments for conserving biodiversity. Their discussion is extremely impressive though I think one can push back on some of their criticisms. In this essay, I consider their criticisms of the argument for conserving biodiversity based on ecosystem services; specifically, ecosystem functioning. In the end, I try to clarify and defend this argument against their criticisms.

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生物多样性、生态系统功能和环保议程

Jonathan Newman、Gary Varner 和 Stefan Linquist 的《捍卫生物多样性：环境科学与伦理》是对保护生物多样性的一系列论据的批判性研究。他们的讨论非常令人印象深刻，尽管我认为可以反驳他们的一些批评。在这篇文章中，我考虑了他们对基于生态系统服务保护生物多样性的论点的批评；具体来说，生态系统功能。最后，我试图澄清和捍卫这一论点，反对他们的批评。