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The Oxford English Dictionary gives two definitions of the word “rationale”. The first defines it as - “a reasoned explanation of principles, an explanation or statement of reasons, a set of reasoned rules or directions”, while according to the second it is - “a fundamental reason, the logical or rational basis of anything”. Because no single rationale will suffice to provide an informative explanation of the processes in all fields of conservation action, I have chosen to consider conservation rationales, according to the first definition, as manifested in four main activities in Scotland which exemplify important classes of the total conservation enterprise. In the concluding section of the chapter I turn to the second definition and attempt to consider how the rationales which have evolved in particular fields of conservation action relate to more fundamental assumptions, the ‘logical or rational basis’ of the conservation enterprise generally.
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Goodier, R. (1986). Rationales for Conservation. In: Last, F.T., Hotz, M.C.B., Bell, B.G. (eds) Land and its Uses — Actual and Potential. NATO Conference Series, vol 10. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2169-9_20
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