Intergenerational Inequity: Stealing the Joy and Benefits of Nature From Our Children

Hayward, Matthew; Meyer, Ninon; Balkenhol, Niko; Beranek, Chad; Bugir, Cassandra K.; Bushell, Kathleen V.; Callen, Alexandra; Dickman, Amy J.; Griffin, Andrea; Haswell, Peter M.; Howell, Lachlan G.; Jordan, Christopher A.; Klop-Toker, Kaya; Moll, Remington J.; Montgomery, Robert A.; Mudumba, Tutilo; Osipova, Liudmila; Périquet, Stéphanie; Reyna-Hurtado, Rafael; Ripple, William J.; Sales, Lilian P.; Weise, Florian J.; Witt, Ryan; Lindsey, Peter A.

Intergenerational Inequity: Stealing the Joy and Benefits of Nature From Our Children

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posted on 2025-05-11, 19:27 authored by Matthew HaywardMatthew Hayward, Ninon MeyerNinon Meyer, Niko Balkenhol, Chad BeranekChad Beranek, Cassandra K. Bugir, Kathleen V. Bushell, Alexandra CallenAlexandra Callen, Amy J. Dickman, Andrea GriffinAndrea Griffin, Peter M. Haswell, Lachlan G. Howell, Christopher A. Jordan, Kaya Klop-TokerKaya Klop-Toker, Remington J. Moll, Robert A. Montgomery, Tutilo Mudumba, Liudmila Osipova, Stéphanie Périquet, Rafael Reyna-Hurtado, William J. Ripple, Lilian P. Sales, Florian J. Weise, Ryan WittRyan Witt, Peter A. Lindsey

The Earth's wildlife and wild places provide essential ecosystem services for current and future generations of humanity, including visual and aural amenity, clean air and water, climate regulation, carbon sequestration, cultural services, energy, disease and pest control, fire regulation, food, habitat provisioning, medicine, land stabilisation, mitigation of natural disasters, pollination, resistance to high winds, and seed dispersal (Costanza et al., 1997). The utilitarian value of biodiversity, assessed via the use-values and ecosystem services that nature provides and upon which humanity's survival depends, does not reflect the entirety of the benefits humanity obtains from nature. There are additional elements of the human experience that are intrinsically connected to nature, in particular our physical, mental, cultural and spiritual well-being (Hough, 2014).

Funding

ARC

LP200100261

History

Journal title

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Volume

10

Issue

8 February 2022

Article number

830830

Publisher

Frontiers Research Foundation

Language

en, English

College/Research Centre

College of Engineering, Science and Environment

School

School of Environmental and Life Sciences

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© 2022 Hayward, Meyer, Balkenhol, Beranek, Bugir, Bushell, Callen, Dickman, Griffin, Haswell, Howell, Jordan, Klop-Toker, Moll, Montgomery, Mudumba, Osipova, Périquet, Reyna-Hurtado, Ripple, Sales, Weise, Witt and Lindsey. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)