It’s ambiguous whether non-welfare focussed moral pursuits (e.g. effective aesthetics) could count.
Over time the term effective altruism has come to be used to describe only welfare-focussed actions. As a result ‘biodiversity promotion for its own sake’ would fall outside common usage of the term effective altruism today, and would probably need a new term like ‘effective ecology’.
It’s ambiguous whether non-welfare focussed moral pursuits (e.g. effective aesthetics) could count.
Over time the term effective altruism has come to be used to describe only welfare-focussed actions. As a result ‘biodiversity promotion for its own sake’ would fall outside common usage of the term effective altruism today, and would probably need a new term like ‘effective ecology’.