Not exact matches
In the latter regard, H. Paul Santmire whose study of the history of Western attitudes toward nature is one of the best available,
provides perspective when he writes: «The theological tradition of the West is neither ecologically bankrupt, as some of its popular and scholarly critics have maintained and as numbers of its own theologians have assumed, nor replete with immediately accessible, albeit long - forgotten
ecological riches hidden everywhere in its deeper vaults, as some contemporary Christians, who are profoundly troubled by the environmental
crises and other related concerns, might wistfully hope to find» (Santmire, 5).
A review of the fossil record, they said, shows that rarity of previously abundant organisms is the only factor tied with certainty to the widespread
ecological change observed across extinction boundaries, and because of this, the magnitude and extent of rarity may
provide the best comparison of the current biotic
crisis to those of the past.
As the coming century of global warming threatens to accelerate the extinction
crisis, we believe the highest and best use of public lands is to
provide safe harbor for species by protecting the
ecological systems upon which they and we ultimately depend.
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providing individuals and communities with the resources needed to understand and respond to the interrelated
ecological, economic, energy, and equity
crises of the 21st century.