Steward meaning6/12/2023 It implies knowledge, and caring for, the entire system of which that land is a part, a knowledge of a land's context as well as its content. Stewardship, however, extends beyond any one particular piece of land. And public ownership too often means non-ownership, leading to the "Tragedy of the Commons." Land ownership patterns are critical to stewardship, but no one type of ownership guarantees good stewardship.īerry argues that true land stewardship usually begins with one small piece of land, used or controlled or owned by an individual who lives on that land. Absentee ownership, for example, often means a lack of connection, a lack of knowledge, and a lack of caring. But, ownership obviously does not guarantee stewardship -great and widespread abuses of land are perpetrated by owners. People who own land have some control of it, and effective stewardship requires control, if only in the sense of enough power to prevent abuse. This does not necessarily imply ownership, although enlightened ownership is at the heart of land stewardship. Reconnecting means getting to know that land as intimately as possible. Stewardship implies at the very least then, an attempt to reconnect to a piece of land.
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