[APWG] NEWS: Conservation Strategies Must Shift with Global Environmental Change
Olivia Kwong
plant at plantconservation.org
Fri Feb 1 09:06:23 CST 2008
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080131101747.htm
Conservation Strategies Must Shift With Global Environmental Change,
Ecologists Urge
ScienceDaily (Jan. 31, 2008) . Traditional ecosystems in which communities
of plants and animals have co-evolved and are interdependent are
increasingly rare, due to human-induced ecosystem changes. As a result,
historical assessments of ecosystem health are often inaccurate.
Scientists are now suggesting that efforts should focus less on restoring
ecosystems to their original state and more on sustaining new, healthy
ecosystems that are resilient to further environmental change. Accepting
some permanent changes may increase health of ecosystems.
See the link above for the full article text.
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