Word: conservationism
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Nelson said the nation's wealth is in its natural resources--its crop lands, forests and grasslands. He said the U.S. must lead the world in creating, "a conservation ethic" in order to preserve these fragile environments.
Nelson began work on the environment at a National level in 1963, when he attempted to start an Earth conservation tour with the help of former president and Crimson editor John F. Kennedy '40. The tour's purpose was to get the issue of the environment, "on a national agenda...
A January 1991 report by Harvard's Center for Conservation and Technical Studies recommended that the Botanical Museum improve its climate-control system and reduce lighting and vibrations in order to preserve the glass.
"Everyone agrees it would be good for their conservation if they were moved to a different location," said Andrew H. Knoll, director of the Botanical Museum and chair of the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology. "There's no question the collection is in need of conservation."
In either case, the environmental damage could be devastating. Says Warner Chabot, an official with the Washington-based Center for Marine Conservation: "If the oil enters the Pechora River and flows into the Barents Sea, it will destroy wetlands, salmon runs and breeding grounds for shorebirds." Conditions in the Arctic...