DENDROLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -When we see ourselves as a part of nature, we are fundamentally connected to nature. We don’t see ourselves as separate, rather as another species in a larger ecosystem of the natural world. Nature isn’t an “other” rather it is part of us and we are part of nature.

Detailed explanation-2: -Further, humans belong to the animal phylum known as chordates because we have a backbone. The human animal has hair and milk glands, so we are placed in the class of mammals. Within the mammal class, humans are placed in the primate order.

Detailed explanation-3: -We are part of the natural world and whatever language we use to describe the phenomenon – the Anthropocene, the Sixth Mass Extinction – there is no question that our actions are beginning to shape nature in ways that are not just harmful for other life forms but, fundamentally for ourselves too.