 It is argued by some that biodiversity not only doesn’t represent all the ways the public values nature, it may also hinder the public’s engagement in nature. As a scientific “proxy” for natures value it is viewed as a dangerous case of scientism (Morar, Toadvine, &amp; Bohannan 2015; Sarkar 2019). By having the “veneer of objectivity” it masks the normative dimension of conservation. The argument is that this can lead to an attitude of leave it to the scientists and shift the responsibility away from the policymakers and the public (Morar, Toadvine, &amp; Bohannan 2015). This is interpreted as representing a dangerous impediment to the democratic dimension of conservation. This is regarded as an interesting question for the interface between conservation theory and public policy.