July 30, 2023

Thought Snacks | Why don't we protect endangered ecosystems like we do species?

5 minutes

Extinction is a common threat to thousands of species these days as a result of human development, logging, pollution, habitat loss and fragmentation, and the plethora of impacts relative to anthropogenic climate change. In all these cases, the two biggest contributing factors to a species going extinct is habitat loss and limited genetic variation in the population - but what if we applied that same logic to ecosystems?

Just some deep thoughts on the hypocrisy of trying to ‘protect’ certain species while simultaneously simplifying and destroying the complexity of the ecosystems they rely on to survive at a time when they may never develop to be the same ever again.

Let's not let these forests go the way of the dodo and instead let's work to find solutions to keep these ecosystems intact to help mitigate the impacts of climate change, stabilize our soils, protect us from wildfires, host all of this amazing biodiversity and continue being the backbone of the culture we live in for generations to come.

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