Nature conservation and our movement to realize it : Responding to Dr. liiri's questions(<Special issue>Environmental Geology)

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  • 自然保護とその運動 : 井尻氏の疑問に答えて(<特集>環境地質学)
  • 自然保護とその運動--井尻氏の疑問に答えて
  • シゼン ホゴ ト ソノ ウンドウ イジリシ ノ ギモン ニ コタエテ

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Recently S. Ijiri raised numerous questions on nature conservation in a booklet "Study of Theory and Nature Conservation". The presentreview is to respond to his questions from my experience during the last ten years. Based on the relation between nature and human activity, nature conservation can be classified into the following three categories: (1) Preservation and Protection, (2) Conservation, and (3) Restoration and Alteration, all of which are explained by numerous examples. "Sustainable Development" originally proposed by the World Committee on Environment and Development (WCED) was a key concept in the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) held in Rio de .Janeiro in 1992. This concept is crucial when the relation between environment and development is discussed. "Present is the key to the future" may be derived from the well-known Lyell's paradigm "Present is the key to the past". From this view point geology is expected to play an important role in the environmental assessment. The existence of inherent value in nature itself is now recognized by many workers in the "environmental ethics". Therefore preservation of ecosystems should be a central concept in nature conservation. Our movement to realize nature conservation comprises joint efforts of citizens, farmers, fishermen, scientists, lawyers, et al., whereas politicians and administrators including governors and mayors, are generally co-operative with developers and big enterprises. Therefore NGOs should play a leading role in the movement for nature conservation.

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