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Salt in our veins } but in our brains? P. KEITH PROBERT* Department of Marine Science, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand The oceans have been a major cultural inï¬uence throughout recorded history. âThe annals of literature are as full of the oceans as those of painting and of musicâ observed Borgese (1998). Often our very ignorance of the sea has spiced this view, adding an element of a vast, mysterious, inhospitable and unreachable realm. The spectre of Tennysonâs Kraken âFar, far beneath in the abysmal seaâ, resonates down the centuries and ï¬nds expression still. Our perception of the natural world underlies how we approach and execute conservation. Of course there is no one viewpoint. There is a cultural dimension drawing on the wide range of natural surroundings where human societies have developed. And as societies have developed, so their view of nature and the values placed on particular habitats and organisms have changed } and will continue to change. Early conservation legislation usually aimed to protect game and other animals of direct use to humans and to set aside wild areas for human enjoyment. Our attitudes have matured in this regard towards more ecocentric views, as we
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems – Wiley
Published: May 1, 2006
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