RNR 1001 Chapter : RNR 1001
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Conservation in the us: many papers and books written about the environment in the 1960s and 70s, paul ehrlich (1932 -) professor at queens university, ny the. Everything must go somewhere, there is no waste in nature. Nature knows best, technological improvement is likely to be detrimental. There is no such thing as a free lunch, resource use will result in conversion from useful to useless forms. Evolution is thinking throughout the last few decades of the 20th century: science alone will be unable to solve resource conservation and environmental problems. If we could come up with values, then right away we can find the ethics to preserve. Ethics stewardship conservation and management. Absolutely not. (my opinion: time out for science, how would we determine the ethical views of the american public regarding our natural resources, surveys. Survey questions wording critical: clear and understandable for intended audience, not leading or biased.
