A land ethic then reflects the existence of an ecological conscience, and this in turn reflects a conviction of individual responsibility for the health of the land. Health is the capacity for the land for self-renewal. Conservation is our effort to understand and preserve this capacity.
(Quoted from page 221 of A Sand County Almanac, by Aldo Leopold. Oxford University Press, 1949)
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