This view is ultimately destructive, because man will possess only that which he needs. The rest of nature can be discarded. Another alternative is the pantheistic or new age world view . Superficially, this view offers some hope. All of nature is equal because all is god and god is all.
Nature is respected and valued because it is part of the essence of god.
If humans have value, then nature has value. But while pantheism elevates nature, it simultaneously degrades man and will ultimately degrade nature as well. To the pantheist, man has no more value than a blade of grass. In India the rats and cows consume needed grain and spread disease with the blessings of the pantheists. To restrict the rats and cows would be to restrict god, so man takes second place to the rats and cows.