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Some reflections
• “Civilization is a state of mutual and interdependent cooperation, between human animals, other
animals, …. Which may disrupted at any moment by the failure of any of them” Aldo Leopold
• „We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a
community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect‟ – Aldo Leopold.
• „It is not what we have that will make us a great nation, it is the way in which we use it‟.
President Theodore Roosevelt
• "A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air
and giving fresh strength to our people.“ Franklin Delano Roosevelt
• "Conservation means the greatest good to the greatest number for the longest time," Gifford
Pinchot
The Evolution of the Conservation Movement, 1850-1920 in USA
• Scientific and technological concerns,
• recognition of the human impact on the natural environment, and
• faith in the human capacity to manage that impact actively and wisely for human benefit;
• Philosophical, ethical, and spiritual values and symbolizations,
• linked American "nature" to the construction of American national identity and character,
and
• redefined the natural world as a moral and spiritual resource for urban and industrial man;
• Aesthetic considerations, including those which celebrated the perception and enjoyment of
wildlife, wilderness, and natural beauty as legitimate and necessary recreational resources in
American life.
Peak of conservatism in the US
• In 1901 Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States and conservation becomes
a cornerstone of his domestic policy
• The most active President in the history of American conservation.
• Roosevelt set aside 148 million acres during his presidency,
• Over 50,000 acres for each day he was in office,
• 16 national monuments, 51 wildlife refuges, and 5 national parks.
Various philosophies
• Preservation/deep ecology
• Conservation/sustainable use
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• Eco-feiminism
• Environmentalism