sozology

It could be asked, of course, whether we yet have sufficient knowledge of the laws of nature to be able to make conscious use of them in shaping man's environment. […] In fact a whole new branch of science (which Polish scientists call sozology) has come into being. The task of this science is to detect all those factors which produce undesirable effects for man when modern means of production clash with the environment; and also to search for ways and means to eliminate these conflicts.

1971 October, Wlodzimierz Michajlow, “Man and the Biosphere”, in Stefan Arski, editor, Polish Perspectives: Monthly Review, volume XIV, number 10, Warsaw, Poland: Wydawnictwo Wspólczesne RSW Prasa [Contemporary Publishing House RSW Press] for the Polish Institute of International Affairs, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 19

Sozology is a new branch of science which arose in the second half of this century. It deals with the borderland between biology and the study of the Earth. The name, derived from the Greek word sodzein (to preserve or save), was suggested by the well-known Polish geologist Walery Goetel (1889–1972), for comprehensive applied studies on the conservation of nature and regeneration of natural reserves.

1977, “Science and Learning”, in Poland: A Handbook, Warsaw, Poland: Interpress Publishers, →OCLC, page 369

The geologist [Walery] Goetel […] called sozology the interdisciplinary science which aims to conserve nature as a whole (both its biotic and abiotic portions) and its resources. Thus, one may call cultural sozology the scientific field which applies cultural geology and/or cultural biology tools in order to promote a holistic nature conservation.

2021 August 17, João Marcus Vale Caetano, Luiza Corral Martins de Oliveira Ponciano, “Cultural Geology, Cultural Biology, Cultural Taxonomy, and the Intangible Geoheritage as New Strategies for Geoconservation”, in Kevin Page, editor, Geoheritage, volume 13, article number 79, Berlin: Springer for ProGeo—the International Association for the Conservation of Geological Heritage, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 79, column 1