Honorary Chair Sir Edmund Hillary 1919-2008	President Daniel A. Bennett	Honorary President Don Walsh, Ph.D.

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CONSERVATION Mission Our responsibility as explorers begins, not ends, with discovery. Building on the overall mission of The Explorers Club to "act as the wellspring of the impulse to explore and serve as a stimulus to the enduring spirit of exploration in human life", the Committee on Conservation and Environment stands for responsible exploration which focuses on preservation and harmony with our environment on land and sea, and in air and space. As we enter the new millennium, The Explorers Club is well positioned to lead the way in replacing the old paradigm of "conquest of nature" with a new paradigm of cooperation with nature. As explorers, we engage in intimate contact with nature, seeking to uncover its secrets and learning to cooperate with its forces to accomplish the goals of our expeditionary efforts. As a result, we have a unique personal knowledge of nature, and with this knowledge comes the responsibility to act in accordance with what we know. In the words of one of our great members, Teddy Roosevelt, "the nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased, and not impaired, in value." To that end, the Committee on Conservation and Environment establishes the following goals: Create educational programs to increase our knowledge and understanding of how nature works and our role in it. Design expeditions to discover the basic laws which govern the operation of the biosphere, examine biomic  regions, and based on those results, define projects that will help to conserve and sustain those regions. Establish standards for explorers and exploration which respect and preserve the environments we explore, including the creation of programs for sustained exploration and protected visitation of the explored areas by others. BACK TO CONSERVATION PAGE

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