Glossary of Conservation Biology: History & Background
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- How did Gifford Pinchot define conservation?
- In a use oriented manner: "the greatest good for the greatest number for the greatest amount of time."
- Name three instances in early history where we see the first signs of concern for conservation in one form or another.
Plato's Ideas
Judaism's Sabbath of the Land
King's Hunting Preserves
- What does taking the log of a set of numbers that form make non-linear graphs do?
- It creates a linear relationship between the numbers to make them easier to compare and contrast.
- What is the purpose of National Parks?
- To preserve nature and make it last for generations while making it accessible to all.
- What type of philosophy did Emerson and Thoreau have towards conservation?
- Transcendentalist ethics - a moral argument towards conservation, reasoning that Nature is God's perfection on Earth.
- What was the first National Park to be established?
- Yellow Stone National Park