This book advances Earth Stewardship toward a planetary scale, presenting a range of ecological worldviews, practices, and institutions in different parts of the world and to use them as the basis for considering what we could learn from one another, and what we could do together. Today, inter-hemispheric, intercultural, and transdisciplinary collaborations for Earth Stewardship are an imperative. Chapters document pathways that are being forged by socio-ecological research networks, religious alliances, policy actions, environmental citizenship and participation, and new forms of conservation, based on both traditional and contemporary ecological knowledge and values. ¿The Earth Stewardship Initiative of the Ecological Society of America fosters practices to provide a stable basis for civilization in the future. Biocultural ethic emphasizes that we are co-inhabitants in the natural world; no matter how complex our inventions may become¿ (Peter Raven).

Application of the integration of ethics and ecology in ecosystem management and Earth Stewardship in Long-Term Ecological and LTSER networks

hua.- 14. Hermeneutics and Field Environmental Philosophy: Integrating Ecological Sciences and Ethics into Earth Stewardship; Jorge F. Aguirre Sala.- 15. Arts and Humanities Efforts in the US Long-term Ecological Research (LTER) Network: Understanding Perceived Values and Challenges; Lissy Goralnik et al.- 16. The Technosphere and Earth Stewardship; Charles L. Redman, Thaddeus R. Miller.- 17. Using the ecosystem services framework in a long-term socio-ecological research platform: Lessons from the Wadi Araba desert, Israel and Jordan; Daniel E. Orenstein, Elli Groner.- 18. Socio-Ecological Studies in Urban and Rural Ecosystems in Chile; Olga Barbosa, Paula Villagra.- PART III. INTEGRATING ECOLOGY AND ETHICS AS A FOUNDATION FOR STEWARDSHIP ACTION.- 19. Citizenship versus Stewardship; Gene Hargrove.- 20. The Ethics of Participatory Processes: Dynamic Flux, Open Questions; Peter Taylor.- 21. IUCN Global Protected Areas Program: making space for people and biodiversity in the Anthropocene; Ernesto C. Enkerlin-Hoeflich et al.- 22. Ecology and Education in Marine Protected Areas: Insights from Brazil and South America; Flávio Berchez et al.- 23. Earth stewardship, Climate Change, and Low Carbon Consciousness: Reflections from Brazil and South America; Eduardo Viola, Larissa Basso.- 24. Stewardship, Integrity of Creation and Climate Justice - Religious Ethics Insights; Guillermo Kerber.- 25. World Religions, Ethics, and the Earth Charter, for a Sustainable Future; Mary Evelyn Tucker.- 26. Dorothy Stang: Monkeys Cry and the Poor Die, Earth Stewardship as Liberation Ecology; Roy H. May, Jr.- 27. Chico Mendes and Jose Lutzenberger: Ecosystem Management at Multiple Scales of Government; Fernando José Rodrigues da Rocha, Fábio Valenti Possamai.- 28. Frank Golley: Interdisciplinary Insights for a 21st Century Earth Stewardship; Alan Covich.- Index.