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Aldo Leopold developed the Land Ethic in the finale to ''A Sand County Almanac'' as a guide to human relationships with [[ecosystems]]<ref>The Aldo Leopold Foundation. The Leopold Legacy: The Land Ethic. http://www.aldoleopold.org/About/landethic.htm </ref>. Leopold's Golden Rule states, "''A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise''. <ref>Temple, pg. 78.</ref>" He developed this during his years working on native prairie restoration to provide guidance to the restoration project. | In 1948, Aldo Leopold developed the Land Ethic in the finale to ''A Sand County Almanac'' as a guide to human relationships with [[ecosystems]]<ref>The Aldo Leopold Foundation. The Leopold Legacy: The Land Ethic. http://www.aldoleopold.org/About/landethic.htm </ref>. Leopold's Golden Rule states, "''A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise''. <ref>Temple, pg. 78.</ref>" He developed this during his years working on native prairie restoration to provide guidance to the restoration project. With the land ethic humans move from a philosophical role where humans only bestow value to nature to one where nature also conveys values to humans<ref>Holmes Rolston III, 1987. Philosophy Gone Wild: Essays in Environmental Ethics. Prometheus Books, Buffalo NY.</ref>. Humans are not conquerers of nature but its citizens<ref>Buchholz, R.A., 1998. Principles of Environmental Management: The Greening of Business, 2nd ed. Prentice Hall, NY.</ref>. Here, unlike the view of [[Gifford Pinchot]], nature is more than just a provider of commodities. | ||
==Long-term Impacts== | ==Long-term Impacts== | ||
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This is a biography of an early 20th century conservation ecologist, Aldo Leopold, who said, "To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering. [1]"
Introduction
Early Life
Later Life
Land Ethic
In 1948, Aldo Leopold developed the Land Ethic in the finale to A Sand County Almanac as a guide to human relationships with ecosystems[2]. Leopold's Golden Rule states, "A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise. [3]" He developed this during his years working on native prairie restoration to provide guidance to the restoration project. With the land ethic humans move from a philosophical role where humans only bestow value to nature to one where nature also conveys values to humans[4]. Humans are not conquerers of nature but its citizens[5]. Here, unlike the view of Gifford Pinchot, nature is more than just a provider of commodities.
Long-term Impacts
Leopold provided an ethical basis from which many conservation biologists and restoration ecologists build upon. For example, in the Principles of Conservation Biology textbook by Meffe and Carroll [6], Leopold's Golden Rule is one of the ethical foundations of the field.
References
- ↑ Temple, S., 1997. Maintaining the integrity of managed ecosystems, IN: (M.S. Boyce and A. Haney, eds.) Ecosystem Management. Yale Univ Press, New Haven. pg. 78.
- ↑ The Aldo Leopold Foundation. The Leopold Legacy: The Land Ethic. http://www.aldoleopold.org/About/landethic.htm
- ↑ Temple, pg. 78.
- ↑ Holmes Rolston III, 1987. Philosophy Gone Wild: Essays in Environmental Ethics. Prometheus Books, Buffalo NY.
- ↑ Buchholz, R.A., 1998. Principles of Environmental Management: The Greening of Business, 2nd ed. Prentice Hall, NY.
- ↑ Meffe, G.K. and R.C. Carroll, 1994. Principles of Conservation Biology. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA.