21 sats \ 6 replies \ @Satosora 24 Jul \ on: An Austrian contribution to the praxeology of nature conservation econ
Its interesting how we thing we are helping nature, and then put invasive species into the ecosystem.
I'm pretty skeptical of the concept of "helping nature" or the significance of "invasive species". I think they're both borne of our inflated sense of importance and impatience.
On a long enough time horizon, nature's gonna do what nature's gonna do.
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There's no such thing as "supposed to be around". Plants and animals occasionally spread over great distances, without any human assistance.
Ecosystems come back into balance very quickly on a geologic time scale. It's fine for people to not want an ecosystem to get disrupted, but it's all part of natural processes.
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Every living thing on the Hawaiian Islands is an invasive species. They were a bunch of barren volcanic rocks in the middle of the ocean and then somehow a bunch of plants and animals found their way there without any help from people.
Plants and animals get around. When they end up somewhere new the ecosystem adapts to them.
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You reminded me of this article.
How to help the natural ecosystem correct itself.
https://www.princeton.edu/news/2017/08/22/orange-new-green-how-orange-peels-revived-costa-rican-forest
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