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A positivist approach to rights of nature in the European Union Ghent University
Nature and perpetual peace in Kant and Fichte's cosmopolitanism Vrije Universiteit Brussel Ghent University
This is a comparative study of the concept of nature in Kant and Fichte’s proposals for perpetual peace. I will argue that Kant and Fichte’s ideas of perpetual peace present two very different ways of dealing with nature: whereas Kant’s proposal consists of administrating the natural unsociable inclinations of human beings, departing from the assumption that the unsociable sociability of men is not only inherent to human nature but also the ...
Quantification of the potential impact of nature conservation on ecosystem services supply in the Flemish Region: a cascade modelling approach Flanders Marine Institute University of Antwerp Ghent University
Ecological networks of protected areas are critical elements to protect biodiversity. To achieve a minimal performance of such networks, measures and investments are necessary for nature restoration and management. The concept of ecosystem service (ES) can provide additional arguments for investments in ecological networks. However, ES delivery processes are embedded in a complex array of ecological processes and there is a need to cope with ...
Compensatory measures in European nature conservation law: a state-of-the-art after the Briels case and the Acheloos River case Ghent University
André du Bouchet : le poète-marcheur dans la nature épiphanique Vrije Universiteit Brussel
André du Bouchet is a great admirer of nature, a privileged place of inspiration and walking. He sought in nature a spiritual adventure that is closely related to mystical experience, except that the experience in question makes no reference to a specific faith. In fact, we often speak of “natural mysticism”. Such an experience is often presented as a disruption of the parameters of the common experience, in the sense that the boundaries of the ...
Social assessment of ecosystem services – Linking images of nature and ecosystem services assessment Vrije Universiteit Brussel
This paper describes a qualitative social
assessment of ecosystem services (ESS), as part of an integrated ESS assessment in a peri-urban study area in central Belgium. We interviewed 39 decisionmakers and other people actively using and managing nature in the study area and asked them firstly what nature means to them, and secondly to assess the importance of 31 ecosystem services at the local scale. By applying a grounded theory-inspired ...
assessment of ecosystem services (ESS), as part of an integrated ESS assessment in a peri-urban study area in central Belgium. We interviewed 39 decisionmakers and other people actively using and managing nature in the study area and asked them firstly what nature means to them, and secondly to assess the importance of 31 ecosystem services at the local scale. By applying a grounded theory-inspired ...
NatureCHI: Unobtrusive User Experiences with Technology in Nature Hasselt University
Being in nature is typically regarded to be calming, relaxing and purifying. When in nature, people often seek physical activity like hiking, or meditative, mindful or inspiring experiences remote from the urban everyday life. However, the modern lifestyle easily extends technology use to all sectors of our everyday life, and e.g. the rise of sports tracking technologies, mobile phone integrated cameras and omnipresent social media access have ...
Nature Advocacy and the Indigenous Symbol. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
In 2008, Ecuador became the first country in history to grant constitutional rights to nature. What is termed the indigenous symbol played a significant role in this event. The rights of nature are used as an occasion to interrogate the indigenous symbol in order to reveal what it does, as opposed to what it says. The account of the rights of nature originating in indigenous sensibilities is presented, and subsequently critiqued. The argument ...