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===Golden Rule=== | ===Golden Rule=== | ||
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''. | 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. | ||
==Long-term Impacts== | ==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 | 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 <ref>Meffe, G.K. and R.C. Carroll, 1994. Principles of Conservation Biology. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA.</ref>, Leopold's Golden Rule is one of the ethical foundations of the field. | ||
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Revision as of 12:41, 11 April 2007
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
Golden Rule
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. [2]" He developed this during his years working on native prairie restoration to provide guidance to the restoration project.
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 [3], Leopold's Golden Rule is one of the ethical foundations of the field.