| Ubicación : | 508.73/L526s | | Autores: | Leopold, Aldo, Autor | | Título : | A sand county almanac| Fuente : | New York [US] : Oxford University Press, 1987, 228 p. | | Temas : | NATURAL HISTORY -OUTDOOR BOOKS, NATURE CONSERVATION - UNITED STATES, NATURE STUDY, ECOLOGICAL ESSAY, ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY | | Resumen : | The book begins with a set of essays entitled "Sand County Almanac," divided into twelve sections, one for each month. These essays primarily follow changes in the ecology of Leopold's farm near Baraboo, Wisconsin. (In fact, there is no "Sand County" in Wisconsin. The term "sand counties" refers to an area of the state with sandy soil.) It includes anecdotes and observations about the reactions of flora and fauna to the seasons, as well as mentions of conservation issues.
The book's second section, "Sketches Here and There," shifts the rhetorical focus from time to space. The essays are organized thematically around farms and wilderness areas in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Some of these essays are autobiographical. "Red Legs Kicking," for example, recounts Leopold's childhood hunting experience in Iowa. The pivotal essay "Thinking Like a Mountain" recalls another, later hunting experience that was pivotal to Leopold's later perspectives. In this essay, Leopold describes the death of a female wolf shot by his pack at a time when conservationists operated under the premise that eliminating top predators would lead to an abundance of prey. The essay offers a nontechnical characterization of the trophic cascade, where the elimination of a single species leads to dire consequences for the rest of the ecosystem.
The book concludes with a section of philosophical essays grouped under the title "The Result." Here, Leopold explores the ironies of conservation: to promote a greater appreciation of wilderness and generate the necessary political support, recreational use of nature is encouraged, which ultimately destroys it....leer masleer menos | |
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