Bali's wet-rice cultivation gives a fine example of man's wise participation in natural environment, an environment where man has harmoniously incorporated his activities with nature and successfully established a life sustaining relationship with natural environment. Nature was allowed to remain in its own characteristic state with a few modifications. The balance of water, minerals, nutrients, and sunlight are utilized to its fullest.

Hence, an ethics may be regarded as, a mode of guidance for meeting ecological situations.
Animal Instinct- built in every individual in meeting instant situation.
Whereas, Community Instinct - builds instinct toward 'cooperation'

"Land Ethics based on cooperation enlarges the boundaries of community to include soils, waters, plants, and animals." Land ethics cannot prevent the alteration, management and use of these 'resources', but it does affirm their right to continued existence, and at least in spots their continued existence in a natural state.