Environmentalism or
Environmental rights is a broad
philosophy,
ideology, and
social movement regarding concerns for
environmental protection and improvement of the health of the
environment, particularly as the measure for this health seeks to incorporate the concerns of non-human elements. Environmentalism advocates the lawful preservation, restoration and/or improvement of the natural environment, and may be referred to as a movement to control
pollution or protect plant and animal diversity. For this reason, concepts such as a
land ethic,
environmental ethics,
biodiversity,
ecology, and the
biophilia hypothesis figure predominantly.