Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land: AL was a philosopher, scientist, ecologist, forester and conservationist, and a professor at the University of Wisconsin. He was the first to describe the concept of the trophic cascade – similar to the so-called ‘Butterfly effect’ – in the natural world and his ‘land ethic’ First published in 1949, this modest account of the restoration of an 80-acre farm became a huge bestseller; this is a re-issue by Penguin Classics.
A Sand County Almanac: And Sketches Here and There
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£9.99
Edition:Paperback978024140299326/03/2020
Categories: 08. Books for the New Year 2020: Nature, Books for the New Year 2020, Current Affairs, Politics & Economics, Natural History
Tags: Applied ecology, Conservation of wildlife and habitats, Environment, Environmentalist thought and ideology, The Earth: natural history: general interest, Western philosophy from c 1800, Wisconsin
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