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> “A lot of functional diversity studies have a ‘humans are bad for the environment’ approach,” Armstrong told Science. “This shows humans have the ability to n
by ciconia 5y ago
> “A lot of functional diversity studies have a ‘humans are bad for the environment’ approach,” Armstrong told Science. “This shows humans have the ability to not just allow biodiversity to flourish, but to be a part of it.”
Absolutely! We can have a significant positive effect on our environment if we make the right choices. Ancient civilizations show us how we can have abundant food production while actually making our environment more diverse and more resilient.
- TechnoTimeStop 5y agoYeah all humans are indigenous and the practice of improving the environment and forest is not this wicked far out of touch mystical forgotten value. Its practiced all over the world today - and dare I say - even in America?
- 0xbadcafebee 5y agoBut we do have a long history of doing it very stupidly and for the wrong reasons. Mostly it comes down to the fact that humans' priorities are entirely different than ecological systems' priorities.
- lumberingjack 5y agoI would like to interject that Earth changes very very rapidly and humans never remember what it was like just 20 years ago. Most of the natural forests in the United States have been a ravished and destroyed. Yet people are still worried about the environment but not concerned about tearing down a quarter acre of the forest for their house. The snowflake never feels responsible for the avalanche. My grandpa told me stories of squirrels that could go from Cincinnati to Apalachicola on the tops of chestnut trees and never touch the ground, now you'll never find one chestnut tree the whole way.