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

[Olivia Kwong]

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.

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