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To begin with, one of the major principles outlined in the Earth Charter is the care and respect for the community of life and diversity. This principle stipulates the virtuous characteristics of respect, understanding, love and compassion towards other life forms in the surrounding. With the recognition that every life on this planet has an intrinsic worth, it certainly contradicts the views of anthropocentrism about the natural world. The principle also entails to develop the righteous qualities of peace, sustainability, just and participatory to guarantee people to adhere to fundamental principles of the Earth Charter to perpetrate an ecologically responsible life. With such an understanding of the principles, the earth's beauty and bounty will be secured for present and the future generation. The major protruding ethical issue behind the application of adaptation and mitigation strategies as to combat climate change is to assure that the global citizens observe and are in favor of the biocentrism approach of environmental ethics. It is vital for humans to protect and value the environment for its own sake. An example to relate the principle of care and respect of the biodiversity is the protection of sea turtles. The World Wide Fund for Nature in a deontologist perspective works around the world to reduce and eliminate the illegal trading of turtles and focuses to eradicate sea turtle by catch from fisheries[ CITATION Lei14 l 1033 ]. Also, sea turtles are significant species to many Pacific island regions including Polynesia, Micronesia and Melanesia and practically is served as a delicacy for the priests and chiefs on special occasions[ CITATION For10 l 1033 ]. However, viewing it from a personal stance, harming and killing is a sin, "thou shall not murder" and so it portrays the vices of the religious leaders as the preaching of the religion is not actually followed.