Environmental Violence and Its Consequences
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3149113 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Horacio De La Cueva Salcedo, Horacio de la Cueva (0000-0002-5280-6458, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 19-26 |
| Publication date | 2015-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Latin American Perspectives (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-582X • E-ISSN: 1552-678X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0094582x15585116 |
| OpenAlex | W1861969695 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 9 |
Environmental changes happen all the time. Changing environments bring about selection of organisms, and there is no organism that does not modify its environment to make a living, survive, and reproduce. These changes are the main motors of evolution and, consequently, the main cause of biodiversity. Environmental violence-unsustainable use and extraction of natural resources-is the way capitalist economies exploit nature. The extinction rates associated with the current unsustainable use of resources are sufficient to assume that we are experiencing a sixth mass extinction event. The rate at which humans are transforming the environment leaves no time for evolutionary adaptation. We need to reduce environmental violence for life to maintain its normal processes. Without knowledge of nature and the consequences of violence against nature, we will become another of the planet's extinct species. Los cambios ambientales ocurren todo el tiempo. Los ambientes cambiantes propician la selección de organismos y no hay organismo que no modifique su ambiente para subsistir y reproducirse. Estos cambios son los principales motores de la evolución y por lo tanto la causa principal de la biodiversidad. La violencia ambiental-el uso y la extracción insostenibles de los recursos naturales-es la manera en que las economías capitalistas explotan la naturaleza. Las tasas de extinción asociadas con el uso insostenible de los recursos son suficientes para considerar que estamos experimentando la sexta extinción masiva de especies. El ritmo al cual los seres humanos están transformando el ambiente no deja tiempo para la adaptación evolutiva. Necesitamos reducir la violencia ambiental para que la vida pueda mantener sus procesos normales. Sin el conocimiento de la naturaleza y de las consecuencias de la violencia contra ella, nos convertiremos en otra de las especies extintas de nuestro planeta
Biology · Economics · Extinction (optical mineralogy) · Geography · Humanities · Political science · Welfare economics · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Global Energy and Sustainability Research · Philosophy · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |