One of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of wounds.
Aldo Leopold Quotes
In June as many as a dozen species may burst their buds on a single day. No man can heed all of these anniversaries; no man can ignore all of them.
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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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