Certainly that is conceptually true, however a market in pooled risk that has competing approaches to among contingencies has prospective adaptability. Much the way biodiversity is important to an adaptive habitat, so a range of competing proven approaches is important to our ability to adapt to unpredictable singularities.
Top down systems are inherently incapable of that kind of approach BECAUSE they are limited to a single method and operational system.
Gad! I was retired and you guys got me going again.
That's because you are needed.
This evening my family and I plan to burn some steaks with an old alumni wildlifer friend who usually takes the liberal approach to most issues. I will pose your comments to him and see what he thinks, although I suspect he will say that land owners are, for the most part, untrained and incapable of making such scientific decisions.
As for me, I agree with your assessment because, unlike most biologists, I believe that humans are as integral part of the ecosystem as a kangaroo rat. When man builds a bridge that links two geographic areas, except for scope, it is no different than ants who use their bodies to allow the movement of other ants across a barrier. Many ecologists seem to position humans to the outside of an ecosystem instead of in it. From this position, man is only an onlooker instead of a player. To place man outside of ecosystems has always reminded me of the same level of ignorance as when we thought the sun rotated around the earth. The protection of species and habitats should indeed be a combined effort between all affected parties and not a not a one-sided, top-down approach that many times steamrolls the land owner, and sometimes the species.
In consultations, I used to compare endangered species to a heritage that we as Americans should want to protect, just as we would our great great great grandpa's log cabin. I also compared species diversity to financial stock diversity. For our own sake, we should apply the same wisdom to both areas.
I would probably have to read your book to fully grasp your concepts, but it sounds like we are on the same wavelength since we both agree that diversity in the environmental decision-making process is as important as diversity in species and habitats.
>>That's because you are needed.<<
If only my wife would say such things.
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