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Annotated bibliography
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2009) Rolston, Holmes, 1932-2025, author; Gale, publisher
Annotated Bibliography with sections: 1. Reference works 2. Systematic overviews 3. Collected essays of a single author 4. Anthology overviews, collected essays by multiple authors, textbooks 5. Case Studies 6. Animals and environmental ethics 7. Biodiversity, wilderness, restoration, aesthetics 8. Environmental justice, environmental virtue ethics 9. Religion and nature 10. Ecofeminism 11. Sustainability, future generations 12. Global environmental ethics, climate change.
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Antarctica
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2009) Rolston, Holmes, 1932-2025, author; Gale, publisher
Antarctica, the seventh continent, is anomalous, compared with the six inhabited continents. The usual concerns of environmental ethics on other continents fail without sustainable development, or ecosystems for a "land ethic," or even familiar terrestrial fauna and flora. A political Antarctic regime developed policy with a deepening ethical sensitivity over the second half of the last century remarkably exemplified in the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (Madrid Protocol) at the end of the century, protecting "the intrinsic value of Antarctica," though puzzles remain about how to value Antarctica.
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Earth Summit
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2009) Rolston, Holmes, 1932-2025, author; Gale, publisher
The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), or the Earth Summit, convened in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992 in the hopes of launching a number of more environmentally responsible international agreements. The Conference brought together the largest number of world leaders ever assembled: The conference produced Agenda 21, perhaps the most complex and comprehensive international document ever attempted. Initially, there was hope for four international conventions: (1) Forests, (2) Biotechnology, (3) Biodiversity, and (4) Climate, though only the latter two survived the negotiating process The Summit solidified two new principles of international order: an equitable international economic order, and sustainable development.
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Hargrove, Eugene, 1944-
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2009) Rolston, Holmes, 1932-2025, author; Gale, publisher
Eugene C. Hargrove, as founder and editor of the journal Environmental Ethics, has for three decades been the principal figure in setting the context for the development of environmental philosophy. He is known especially for his research into the history of ideas behind environmental thought, such as aesthetic appreciation of nature in landscape and wildlife art. Hargrove has also been pivotal in graduate education in the field across his career, founding the first Ph.D. program in the world with a specific focus on environmental ethics.
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Rio Declaration
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2009) Rolston, Holmes, 1932-2025, author; Gale, publisher
The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) produced a short document titled Rio Declaration on Environment and Development. The Declaration has since been signed by almost every nation on Earth. It begins: "Human beings are at the centre of concerns..." going on to say that people are entitled to "a healthy and productive life in harmony with nature." Development is the dominating motif; environmental conservation is subsidiary. Some key themes : polluter pays; responsibility for spillover damage; inter-generational equity; public participation; a precautionary approach; environmental impact assessments; differential responsibilities; healthy environments.
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Rolston, Holmes (1932- ): American environmental and religious philosopher (Causey)
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1993) Causey, Ann S., author; Gale, publisher
Rolston is the father of environmental ethics. As such he occupies a singular place of importance in modern philosophy. He has devoted his distinguished career to plausibly and meaningfully interpreting the natural world from a philosophical perspective and is regarded as one of the world's leading scholars on the philosophical, scientific, and religious conceptions of nature.
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Rolston, Holmes, III, 1932- (Cafaro)
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2009) Cafaro, Philip, author; Gale, publisher
Rolston's forty year career at Colorado State University has been devoted to analyzing and advocating value in nature, especially the intrinsic value of nature. Such value generates an obligation to respect nature and to conserve it. Rolston further examines how this translates into environmental policy regarding endangered species, wilderness conservation, sustainable development, and corporate responsibility. In result, Rolston has become "the father of environmental ethics." He gave the Gifford Lectures, University of Edinburgh, was awarded the Templeton Prize in Religion, and has lectured on seven continents.
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Wetlands
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2009) Rolston, Holmes, 1932-2025, author; Gale, publisher
Wetlands are found on every continent except Antarctica, about six percent of the land surface of the Earth. Though sometimes transient, wetlands are often long-lived and a form of landscape that Earth has regularly produced over the epochs of natural history. Wetlands may be the most threatened of all landscape types, also perhaps the most misunderstood. "Swamp", "bog", "mire" have negative connotations. Scientific understanding of wetlands has led to their better appreciation. The Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (commonly called the Ramsar Convention) has become increasingly important. The integrity of wetlands is closely linked to human well-being.