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Yeah I'm sure it's totally fine disrupting an entire ecosystem http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170516-when-wolves-return-to-the-wild-everything-changes http:/

by ryall 7y ago

Yeah I'm sure it's totally fine disrupting an entire ecosystem http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170516-when-wolves-return-to-the-wild-everything-changes http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170516-when-wolves-return-t... https://www.gorgeouscreatures.com.au/blogs/news/the-history-of-possums-in-new-zealand https://www.gorgeouscreatures.com.au/blogs/news/the-history-... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorse_in_New_Zealand https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorse_in_New_Zealand

jb775 7y ago
Also take a look at Cane toads in Australia
vosper 7y ago
I'm a Kiwi, and whether gorse is a problem is a matter of perspective. It's not causing any harm to almost anyone at all. It's not what's native, so people don't like it - that's fine, but it's mostly aesthetics at the end of the day. I love our native plants and birds, but I also think gorse is really pretty when it's all in flower. But that's not the point: gorse in NZ is not even slightly comparable to mosquito-borne illnesses. No-one ever died because of gorse in New Zealand. According to Unicef malaria kills 1,000,000 people every year. This is something we might want to disrupt.
- antod 7y ago
  In NZ, gorse is actually a fairly good nursery for native trees/bush that will eventually shade it out and take over from it. The main problem gorse caused was taking over grassy farmland. Pine trees are another matter though, they make it very difficult for native plants.
exclusiv 7y ago
"Eradicating any organism would have serious consequences for ecosystems — wouldn't it? Not when it comes to mosquitoes, finds Janet Fang." Some ecosystems would be altered for sure but it doesn't appear to be widely believed that there would be serious disruption. "There are 3,500 named species of mosquito, of which only a couple of hundred bite or bother humans." We know we don't need them and we don't believe that the earth needs them, but we could start with eradicating the couple hundred species that pester us. https://www.nature.com/articles/466432a https://www.nature.com/articles/466432a

by ryall 7y ago

jb775 7y ago

Also take a look at Cane toads in Australia

vosper 7y ago

I'm a Kiwi, and whether gorse is a problem is a matter of perspective. It's not causing any harm to almost anyone at all. It's not what's native, so people don't like it - that's fine, but it's mostly aesthetics at the end of the day. I love our native plants and birds, but I also think gorse is really pretty when it's all in flower. But that's not the point: gorse in NZ is not even slightly comparable to mosquito-borne illnesses. No-one ever died because of gorse in New Zealand. According to Unicef malaria kills 1,000,000 people every year. This is something we might want to disrupt.

antod 7y ago
In NZ, gorse is actually a fairly good nursery for native trees/bush that will eventually shade it out and take over from it. The main problem gorse caused was taking over grassy farmland. Pine trees are another matter though, they make it very difficult for native plants.

exclusiv 7y ago

"Eradicating any organism would have serious consequences for ecosystems — wouldn't it? Not when it comes to mosquitoes, finds Janet Fang." Some ecosystems would be altered for sure but it doesn't appear to be widely believed that there would be serious disruption. "There are 3,500 named species of mosquito, of which only a couple of hundred bite or bother humans." We know we don't need them and we don't believe that the earth needs them, but we could start with eradicating the couple hundred species that pester us. https://www.nature.com/articles/466432a https://www.nature.com/articles/466432a