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Abstract

控制自然的观念 下，人类的活动，人类的劳动，技术所引起的生态危机，使得环境与资源保护成为迫切的需要。环境与资源保护是从人类的维度提出，环境与资源的概念也主要是一 人的向度来定义的。中国环境法就把环境定义为“影响人类生存和发展的。。。自然因素的总体。” 人所引起的生态危机，又以人的维度来解决，在实际的环境保护中出现和多难题。所以国际法对环境的定义因 实际情况而纷繁复杂， 有的甚至加以回避。环境与资源保护 的艰难步履，生态危机的严峻现实，需要一种全新观念的哲学系思想基础。

宇宙的演化过程，生命的进化过程， 技术的发展过程说明了过程的根本性，关系的普遍性。过程哲学在国外被看作是一切新思想的渊源。用于解决生态危机的一切生态思想都源于它。过程哲学被看作是 生态思想的元哲学。 然而为何如何？为什么生态危机需要 过程哲学? 从环境与资源保护 的角度可以对这些问题进行一定的探索。

We human beings are encountering serious ecological crises, which make environmental and resource protection very necessary. Different perspectives may have different versions of such protection. The Chinese environment law defines the environment as “all factors in nature…that affect survival and developmental of humankind.” Even if we may follow this definition, we still find difficulty in environmental protection. The difficulty lies in that we have no uniform answer as to the issue of ecological crisis, which have been brought about by human activities. Therefore, we should explore new approach to the definition of environment, applicable to diverse nations and cultures.

In this exploration, I find the relevance of process philosophy to the issue at stake. We have witnessed process of universe formation, process of life evolution, process of technology of development. As we investigate these processes from the viewpoint of process philosophy, we are able to conceive that process is essential and relevancy is ubiquitous. In this paper, I want to discuss process philosophy in a context of ecology, examining the relevance of process philosophy to ecological crises and environmental protection. And further, I want to argue that process philosophy provides a new viewpoint to the definition of environment, and to the issues of ecological crises and of protecting environment and resources.