Aldo Leopold, a renowned conservationist and environmentalist, is widely acknowledged as the father of wildlife conservation in America. He was an internationally recognized author and scientist, best known for his books, ?A Sand County Almanac,? and ?Game Management.? He wrote more than 350 articles on scientific and policy issues and was an advisor on global conservation issues to the United Nations. Aldo Leopold was born in Burlington, Iowa, on January 11, 1887. His lifelong interest in ornithology and natural history led him to enroll and graduate, in 1909, with a master?s degree from the Yale forestry school, the United States? first graduate school of forestry.
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247.21799 Global Warming
An entire generation has lived with the threat of global warming. As CO2 emissions decrease, concerns of the damage this has caused increase. Because of the worry, citizens around the world have stopped using aerosol sprays, and switched to alternate forms of packaging, all in an effort to save the world from what some scientists say could lead to a doomsday scenario.
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248.21812 Energy and Environment Law
This paper analyzes a case study of a landowner who has property that is about to be designation a Superfund site because of environmental damage, and he wants to avoid this and clean up the site himself, but also wants to open a garage and gasoline business on the site, build a pier on a wetlands site, and sell gas to boats, asking now what the legal issues are.
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249.21830 The Destruction of the Rain Forest Biome
The destruction of the rain forests was at the top of conservationists list twenty years ago, however, today, it has lost some of its momentum. There is actually some debate whether or not the destruction of the rain forest is occurring, and if so, at what rate and what the consequences are. This paper will provide an overview of rain forests, why some doubt the reality of their destruction, what destruction is occurring, and what the future may hold.
