We welcome contributions that discuss biodiversity conservation from the perspective of philosophy: ethics, aesthetics, the philosophy of science, and political theory. Particularly welcome are papers on WBF general theme “leading transformation together”. Other topics include but are not limited to:
• The philosophy of valuing and protecting biodiversity;
• Justice in and politics of biodiversity conservation, e.g. ownership of genetic resources, democracy and biodiversity, data issues, bio/ecosecurity;
• Ethical analysis of different conservation techniques and strategies (e.g. de-extinction, natural vs. artificial biodiversity conservation, assisted migration, restoration);
• Analysis (and critique) of the ‘biodiversity’ and/or related conservation concepts;
We are open to presentations from all philosophical positions and traditions. The WBF conference attracts audience interested in different aspects of biodiversity conservation. Therefore, we emphasise that presentations should address an interdisciplinary audience. Interested presenters will also have the opportunity to share their draft papers with other session participants before the conference to in-depth exchange.
We suggest that the session will span over 3 slots. Presentations will be grouped by their content (1-2 sessions on more theoretical and conceptual works and 1-2 sessions dedicated to more practice-oriented questions). At the 2024 WBF, philosophy sessions attracted full rooms.
We propose that each presentation is allocated 30 min[1] including Q&A. This request is based on our experiences with organising these sessions at the WBF in 2020, 2022 and 2024.
[1] 30 minutes slots enable attendants to still easily switch between sessions as there is perfect match in the presentation starting times.