“The Adirondacks Demonstrate the Restoration Thesis” explores the proposition that environmental restoration is the only acceptable alternative to a world left with diminishing natural regions. The article reviews the ethical debate concerning the moral obligation of humankind to restore regions that have been stripped of their resources. It demonstrates that through the assistance of both legislative and technological measures, nature can be renewed to spawn healthy ecosystems when permitted to do so. Furthermore, the article claims that the restoration thesis is proven by the paradigm of the Adirondack region — a region that was once clear-cut and enabled to restore itself through both rewilding and the “Forever Wild” clause of the New York State Constitution. The article is particularly timely and provocative given the Bush Administration’s environmental policies.
Full article available as scan of original print version:
AJES-V12N1-pp5-8.pdf
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