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'''Environmentalists''' are concerned with "protecting" the environment instead of letting human beings take dominion over it. Going way beyond [[conservationism]], they believe that legal limitations should be put on human use of the Earth's natural environment and resources, either for the sake of their preservation as an end unto itself or for the purpose of perpetuating them for the enjoyment of future generations. One of the first environmentalists was President [[Theodore Roosevelt]], who co-founded the [[American Bison Society]] and used the passage of the [[Antiquities Act]] to preserve vast amounts of land, with the intention of helping to preserve it for other future naturalists.

'''Environmentalists''' are concerned with "protecting" the environment instead of letting human beings take dominion over it. Going way beyond [[conservationism]], they seek legal limitations on human use of the Earth's natural environment and resources. Media reporting usually blurs the distinction between "no-use" environmentalism and "wise-use" conservation.

 

One of the first conservationists was President [[Theodore Roosevelt]], who co-founded the [[American Bison Society]] and used the passage of the [[Antiquities Act]] to preserve vast amounts of land, with the intention of helping to preserve it for other future naturalists.

==Criticism==

==Criticism==

However, many environmental organizations and movements have been used for political purposes with other objectives than direct concern for the environment or environmentalism (sometimes even damaging to the environment). <ref>[http://www.attacreport.com/ar_terror/tframe.php?region=namerica&group=gp ATTAC Terror Report]</ref>

Many environmental organizations and movements have been used for political purposes with other objectives than direct concern for the environment or environmentalism (sometimes even damaging to the environment). <ref>[http://www.attacreport.com/ar_terror/tframe.php?region=namerica&group=gp ATTAC Terror Report]</ref>

Environmentalists state that nature must be protected for the benefit of [[humanity]], however many legal limitations promoted by environmentalist groups are prejudicial to society's development (both in short and long terms). [[David Gelernter]] wrote:

Environmentalists state that nature must be protected for the benefit of [[humanity]], however many legal limitations promoted by environmentalist groups are prejudicial to society's development (both in short and long terms). [[David Gelernter]] wrote: