Conservation Vs. Environmentalism

Fishermen, Farms and hunters are by nature conservationists. Their own well being requires a sustainable relation to a healthy natural world. They not only appreciate the beauty of nature, they see themselves as a part of it and it as an important part of themselves. For most of the past century their views and concerns played an important role in conservation. Over the past few decades however a new vision of conservation has emerged with a quite different constituency called environmentalism involving more than just concerns, principles and ethics.