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Martin Gorke

Martin Gorke is Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Ethics at the University of Greifswald.

The Death of Our Planet's Species

A Challenge To Ecology And Ethics

The present rate and extent of species extinction -- estimated by some scientists as one species every 20 minutes -- are unprecedented in the history of mankind. Human activities are responsible for nearly all species loss, yet ethical aspects of this crisis are rarely mentioned.