ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author focuses on humankind’s impact on habitat as the major threat to other life forms, in particular on agriculture. What follows is an imaginary conversation between various actors representing the conservation, farming, and policy-making communities. This dialogue both summarises the different views and highlights the tensions between them. It also includes the views of a hiker who represents the deep ecology movement. There are perhaps three ecocentric approaches including a specifically deep ecology approach. Arne Naess termed it deep ecology and it calls for the recognition of the inter-connectedness and equality of all life forms. Despite their differences the author have to work together if they are to provide the needs of what is likely to be a growing population with protection for the environment and ecological systems that are necessary to underpin that provisioning. J. H. Lawton suggests ecological networks need core areas of nature conservation value plus new restoration area to create further high value areas.
