goals of conservation biology
- Document full range of biodiversity
- Understand human effects of species, genetic variation, and ecosystems
- Develop methods in preventing extinction events and restore communities to their prospective ecosystem functions
Environmentalism
political and educational activism with goal of protecting the environment
(not science based)
What is growing that impacts natural resources
- resouce consumption from industrialization, demand for resources
- growing economy unsustainably
Emerson
Saw natural as a temple that bridges natural and spiritual world
Thoroeau:
advocate for nature, agreed with Emerson but saw Christians tear down natural world
Pinchot
Greatest good for greatest amount of people for greatest amount of time
- resource use management: Proper use of resources to support human population for the longest amount of time
Sustainable Development
Leopold
- People are part of the system
- illustrated the interrelatedness of living things and their environment, promoting the idea that the most important goal of conservation is to maintain the health of natural ecosystems and ecological process
- Land Ethic
Carson
published book that brought awareness to pesticides and educated on complexity of nature
- Silent Spring
Muir
preservationist ethic- natural areas have spiritual value that’s more important than what can be gained from whatever material gain
Land ethic
looking at ecosystem as whole and we are morally responsible to protect it
Ecosystem Management
Combination of Carson, Leopold, and Pinchots ideas
