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Tenets of basis for ASLA Enviromental Ethics Tenet #1 |
The health and well being of biological systems and their integrity are essential to sustain human well being. |
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Tenets of basis for ASLA Enviromental EthicsTenet #2 |
Future generations have a right to the same environmental assets and ecological esthetics. |
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Tenets of basis for ASLA Enviromental EthicsTenet #3 |
The long term economic survival has a dependence upon the natural environment. |
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Tenets of basis for ASLA Enviromental EthicsTenet #4 |
Environmental stewardship is essential to maintain a healthy environment and a quality of life for the earth. |
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Ethical Standards ES1.1 The costal zone and it's resources should |
Be preserved, developed and used in a carefully planned, regulated and responsibly managed manor. |
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Ethical Standards ES1.2 Parks and public areas throughout the world should be |
created, expanded and managed for the well being of the populations and resources of this planet. |
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Ethical Standards ES1.3 Public lands |
should be maintained and administered in a manner promoting ecosystem health, while recognizing special issues relating to stewardship and long term sustainability inherent in wildland environments. |
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Ethical Standards ES1.4 State, regional, and local governments |
should continue to build on the strong nationwide legacy of parks and other protected public areas to preserve lands of signifigance for future generations and provide safe and healthful outdoor recreational opportunities for all citizens while conserving landscape character and natural historic and cultural resources. |
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Ethical Standards ES1.5 Open space preservation |
should be incorporated into every planning effort from the regional to the site level. |
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Ethical Standards ES1.6 The rural landscape is a limited resource that is |
vital to the well being of hte earth's life forms; the rural landscapes essential qualities should be conserved as the competing needs of a growing population are met. |
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Ethical Standards ES1.7 Historic sites districts and cultural landscapes should be |
identified inventoried evaluated and classified protected and enhanced to ensure that they are available for the education and enjoyment of this and future generations. |
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Ethical Standards ES1.8 The appropriate use of vegetation in the built environment is |
a major influence on the quality of life in a healthy environment; recreated indigenous plant communities or representative communities should be integrated into the built environment with attention given to appropriate species selection and the creation of a suitable growing environment. |
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Ethical Standards ES1.9 The character and condition of the visual enviroments is as important as that of |
natural historic and cultural resources and should be maintained and enhanced and safeguarded from the actions that degrade or destroy critical scenic resources. |
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Ethical Standards ES1.10 Water resources should be |
equitably allocated and available water supplies should be efficiently used all forms of water pollution should be eliminated and land use should conserve and protect water resources and related ecosystems to sustain a high quality standard of living and maintenance of the quality of ecosystems. |
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Ethical Standards ES1.11 Wetlands are essential to the quality of life |
and the well being of the earths ecosystems; wetland resources should be protected conserved and enhance and site specific development and management efforts should allow for compatible land use while preserving the ongoing functions of wetland resources. |
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Ethical Standards ES1.12 The natural and cultural elements of waterways and their corridors |
should be protected through the systems of national state and local designations of rivers and greenways to ensure their integrity and their use by this and future generations. |
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Ethical Standards ES1.13 The principles of land use planning and design and the principles of wildlife habitat protection should |
be integrated to promote the enhancement protection and management of landscapes that promote wildlife. |
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Ethical Standards ES1.4 Transgenic plants should |
not be used until the best available science indicates there will be no adverse environmental effects caused by their use. |
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Ethical Standards ES1.5 Non-native invasive species adversely impact the ecological function of |
natural systems worldwide. Non native invasive species should not be introduced where those species could contribute to the degradation of the environment and long term maintenance and management programs should be established to control or remove non-native invasive species from land and water. |
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Ethical Standards ES 2 Act responsibly in the design planning management |
and policy decisions affecting the health of the natural systems. |
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Ethical Standards ES2.1 In developing design planning management and policy |
identify and invoke stakeholders - both communities and individuals in helping to make decisions that affect their lives and future; ensure that they have appropriate access to relevant information presented in an understandable form and create opportunities for them to contribute to solutions. |
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Ethical Standards ES3 Respect Historic preservation |
and ecological management in the design process. |
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Ethical Standards ES3.1 Strive to maintain conserve or reestablish the integrity and diversity of |
biological systems and their functions. Restore degraded ecosystems. Use indigenous and compatible materials and plants in the creation of habitat for indigenous species of animals. |
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Ethical Standards ES4 Develop and specify products materials technologies and techniques |
that conserve resources and foster landscape regeneration. |
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Ethical Standards ES5 Seek constant improvements in our |
knowledge, abilities and skills; in our educational institutions and in our professional practice and organizations. |
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Ethical Standards ES6 Actively engage in shaping |
decisions attitudes and values that support public health and welfare, environmental respect and landscape regeneration. |
