The Role of Views of Nature in Dutch Nature Conservation: The Case of the Creation of a Drift Sand Area in the Hoge Veluwe National Park. (1st May 2004)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Turnhout, Esther; Hisschemöller, Matthijs; Eijsackers, Herman
• Is Part Of: Environmental values. Volume 13:Number 2(2004:Summer)
• Page Start: 187
• Page End: 198
• Publication Date: 2004-05-01
• Subjects: nature conservation -- views of nature -- wilderness -- pastoral idyll -- drift sand -- Hoge Veluwe; Environmental ethics -- Periodicals; Environmental policy -- Periodicals; 179.105
• DOI: 10.3197/0963271041159868
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0963-2719

Abstract

Abstract : Nature conservation requires choices about what sort of nature should be protected in what areas and includes value judgments on what nature is and/or should be. This paper studies the role of differing views of nature in nature conservation. A case study on the creation of a drift sand area in the Netherlands illustrates how nature conservation disputes can be understood as a conflict in views of nature.