Yes, we are resource hungry, and yes we inadvertently wiped out species, but as resource pressured as we are, we also managed to intentionally allocate some to

Yes, we are resource hungry, and yes we inadvertently wiped out species, but as resource pressured as we are, we also managed to intentionally allocate some to prevent that undesired effect in the future. We did some bad stuff when we were younger (as a species), but we grew since then. We're more considerative now (or at least that's what we'd like to convince ourselves of). Maybe, in the same line of thought, we'll get the same benefit from others even more mature than us?