Abstract
This paper treats two highly topical and interconnected environmental issues-climate change and biodiversity-in which the nature-culture divide appears in policy and regulation. The aim is to analyze how "the natural" and concerns for biodiversity and climate change are constructed in applicable regulatory frameworks, and to explore social and environmental consequences of these constructions. The analysis indicates that biodiversity and climate change regulation help construct nature and culture as separate categories and give rise to the notion that the natural state is worth protecting from human intrusion. The notion of human agency, however, is ambiguous because humans are depicted as having the power and skill to protect and even recreate "natural nature". The paper concludes that, although nature and the natural are often used as politically and socially-neutral concepts, the definition of "natural nature" as a place devoid of humans has social as well as environmental consequences.Keywords: biodiversity, climate change, human-nature relations, environmental protection, environmental regulation
Highlights
Sean Penn's Into the Wild is a magnificent, epic film that tells an intriguing story of the wilderness
The concern for climate change and biodiversity loss caused by human activity has resulted in international regulation and extensive policies to control greenhouse gas emissions and to protect endangered species, habitats and ecosystems
Biodiversity and climate change regulation help construct nature and culture as separate categories and give rise to the notion that a natural state is worth protecting from human intrusion
Summary
Sean Penn's Into the Wild is a magnificent, epic film that tells an intriguing story of the wilderness. The young man's quest for the pristine and pure, and his revolt against society, end in misery and death In this story, the wilderness represents both the untouched and pure, which are worth aiming for, and the untamed and violent, which threaten and destroy human lives. The wilderness represents both the untouched and pure, which are worth aiming for, and the untamed and violent, which threaten and destroy human lives This depiction of the wilderness illustrates humans' deeply ambivalent relationship with nature, which oscillates between romantic devotion to nature and attempts to conquer it. The aim of the paper is to analyze how the natural and concerns for biodiversity and climate change are constructed in applicable regulatory frameworks.
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