The phrase "a case for nature" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when arguing in favor of the benefits or importance of nature, often in discussions about environmental issues or conservation.
Example: "In her essay, she made a compelling case for nature, highlighting its role in mental health and biodiversity."
Alternatives: "an argument for nature" or "a defense of nature".
Doug Tallamy is an entomologist at the University of Delaware and the best-selling author of Bringing Nature Home: A Case for Native Gardening (2007, Timber Press; http://bringingnaturehome.net ).net
A case of nature vs. self-interest?
The idea is to make the real and full contribution of nature more transparent, and through that the case for nature's recovery in a generation even more compelling.
I have had schools refuse to allow my client to present relevant expert testimony that a panel of students and faculty would have needed to accurately assess a case: for example, testimony on the nature of alcohol-induced blackouts or testimony interpreting medical records.
The dilemma posed by ecosystem services – an approach to conservation that seeks to put a price on nature to persuade politicians it is worth saving – lies at the heart of The Moth Snowstorm, Mike McCarthy's impassioned case for nature, told through his adventures as a long-serving environmental correspondent.
The Whitney's "Cold September Rain" (1957), a very free, almost abstract Marinesque landscape in lyrical colors, barely touched by slanting lines of rain, makes another case for nature's aesthetic impulses.
He has also been receiving help from a number of psychologists, one of whom, Deidre Anderson, has been pleading a case for leniency and understanding of the nature of the task she has, very much a work in progress that would not gain from interruption.
Given the global nature of financial markets, that logic suggests there was a case for co-ordinated international action.
A case for genetic engineering?
