[Coral-List] The GBR is in trouble, but not dead

[tomascik at novuscom.net]

Jim,
Thanks for reminding us of Aldo Leopold. I hope those on the list that  
did not had a chance yet to read his "A Sad County Almanac" (1949) get  
a copy and read it. His ideas in chapters on 'The land Ethic' and  
'Wilderness' are timeless.

Tomas

Quoting Jim Bohnsack - NOAA Federal <jim.bohnsack at noaa.gov>:

> Good comments Esther.  Aldo Leopold talked about "system" health before the
> word "ecosystem" was coined, but his definition and wisdom still apply.
>
> *"H*ealth is defined as the ability for self-renewal"
> "Conservation is the effort to understand and promote the capacity for
> self-renewal."
> The role of science is to understand the conditions necessary for  
> self-renewal
> and the
> role of management is to use science to create conditions that promote
> self-renewal.
>                                 Aldo Leopold 1949.
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