[APWG] NEWS: Conservation Strategies Must Shift with Global Environmental Change

[Gena Fleming]

Amen to this.  Worrying about invasive plants distracts us from more central
issues.
The central issue I am most concerned about is not the introduction of
plants from other geographical areas, but the deconstruction and invasion of
genomes by foreign DNA (genetic modification).  Transgressing  sacred
boundaries of natural kingdoms is going to create a lot more problems than
Chinese plants in Louisiana.



On 01/02/2008, Bob Beyfuss <rlb14 at cornell.edu> wrote:
>
> This is the best article I have ever seen cited on this list serve. People
> need to wake up the the fact that virtually every ecosystem on this planet
> is now dramatically different than it was even 50 years ago due to human
> activity on a global scale.  Efforts to "restore" ecosystems that have
> been
> altered by irreversible global changes, such as doubling the carbon
> dioxide
> levels in the atmosphere and rising temperatures, are a huge waste of
> money
> and resources. Invasive plants are just one of the many symptoms of these
> changes yet we declare "war" on alien, exotic, species that "menace" us as
> though killing off these plants will somehow solve the problem.
>
> At 10:06 AM 2/1/2008, Olivia Kwong wrote:
> >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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