One of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of wounds.
Aldo Leopold Quotes
We shall never achieve harmony with land, any more than we shall achieve absolute justice or liberty for people. In these higher aspirations, the important thing is not to achieve but to strive.
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| Birth: | 18th January, 1887 |
| Death: | 21st April, 1948 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Author, Environmentalist, Scientist |
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Aldo Leopold was an American author, scientist ecologist, forester, and environmentalist. He was a professor at the University of Wisconsin and is best known for his book A Sand County Almanac (1949), which has sold over two million copies. He was influential in the development of modern environmental ethics and in the movement for wilderness conservation. His ethics of nature and wildlife preservation had a profound impact on the environmental movement, with his biocentric or holistic ethics regarding land.He emphasized biodiversity and ecology and was a founder of the science of wildlife management.
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