(par 9.5.2.2.2) Grow but cherish your environment

Grow but cherish your environment https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2014/08/16/grow-but-cherish-your-environment Companies wanting to make palm oil face angry environmentalists FOR half a century, Indonesia and Malaysia have accounted for the vast majority of the world’s exports of palm oil. But now investors are flocking to west Africa to secure land for rival plantations. Environmentalists say the forests of South-East […]

(par 9.5.2.2.2) Ecological intelligence

Ecological inteligence http://www.popularmechanics.co.za/content/general/singlepage.asp?fid=344&pno=1 ECOLOGICAL INTELLIGENCE Naturalist Ian McCallum believes it’s time to step down from our pedestal and explore the evolutionary bonds that still connect life across our planet WHEN we review the history of life on this planet, it is evident that death and, eventually, extinction is the fate of all species and that […]

(par 9.5.2.2.2) Creating Effective Conservation Plans- Preserving Entire Ecosystems

Creating Effective Conservation Plans: Preserving Entire Ecosystems https://www.dummies.com/article/academics-the-arts/science/environmental-science/creating-effective-conservation-plans-preserving-entire-ecosystems-170525/    By: Alecia M. Spooner From The Book: Environmental Science For Dummies One approach that environmental scientists take to conservation — called ecosystem-based or habitat-centered conservation — looks beyond single species and seeks to protect entire ecosystems. Preserving a whole habitat from destruction protects all the species that live there and maintains ecosystems […]