Regarding the "demand for reserves" David mentions below, I came across a r=
elevant article today:
http://theconversation.com/we-have-more-parks-than-ever-so-why-is-wildlife-=
still-vanishing-34047
You can get the gist of the article by reading the URL - what they're sayin=
g is that lots of the reserves we have tend to be land that's not good enou=
gh for agriculture, etc, and therefore tends to be of low value for birds a=
nd animals as well. If even these reserves are under attack, is there much =
hope that higher quality reserves will be created?
Peter Shute
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> > This is so unbelievable and infuriating I can't begin to express my
> opinion!
>
> I can. It was within my fairly long lifetime and after WW 2 that we
> really became aware of what we have done to our planet.
> Rachel Carson's
> 'Silent Spring' kicked off the ecological movement, drawing
> attention to
> the huge number of species we are losing, resulting in a demand for
> reserves which - some people need to be reminded - are areas kept
> inviolate so at least we have some point of reference for how
> the World
> used to be.
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