Reassessing the role of plants in society

Plants have been and will continue to be fundamental to the evolution of human society. However, the law’s traditional approach to plants, based broadly on the need to facilitate the exploitation of plants for the benefit of humans and to regulate the impacts of that exploitation, fails to recognise...

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Published inInternational journal of law in context Vol. 13; no. 3; pp. 295 - 315
Main Author Amos, Robert
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.09.2017
Subjects
Agriculture
Biodiversity
Climate change
Crops
Exploitation
Farmers
Flowers & plants
Genetically altered foods
Genetically modified organisms
Human behavior
Native species
Nature
Plants
Social aspects
Society
Sociological jurisprudence
State laws
Studies
Transgenic organisms
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India
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Summary:Plants have been and will continue to be fundamental to the evolution of human society. However, the law’s traditional approach to plants, based broadly on the need to facilitate the exploitation of plants for the benefit of humans and to regulate the impacts of that exploitation, fails to recognise the ways in which plants can be said to participate in society. This participation takes three forms: a contribution to the achievement of social goals, the shaping of social spaces and the influencing of individual and collective human behaviours. It is argued that the recognition of these roles that plants play in society in law and policy could begin to redress the continuing decline in plant diversity, and lead to a reformed understanding of society’s relationship with plants and the wider natural world.
Bibliography:International Journal of Law in Context, Vol. 13, No. 3, Sep 2017, 295-315
Informit, Melbourne (Vic)
ISSN:1744-5523
1744-5531
DOI:10.1017/S1744552317000040