03-17-2018, 06:57 AM
We should perform triage and allow some species to die out, because of 1) the extreme cost of saving them and 2) evidence that they do not play a critical role in their ecosystem.
This N.Y. Times article focuses heavily on Hawaii and lays out the issue well.
Better for researchers to spend time on pressing projects like Rapid Ohia Death than to try to save some of Hawaii's obscure birds and snails, IMO.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/13/magaz...t.html?hpw&rref=magazine&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region®ion=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well
This N.Y. Times article focuses heavily on Hawaii and lays out the issue well.
Better for researchers to spend time on pressing projects like Rapid Ohia Death than to try to save some of Hawaii's obscure birds and snails, IMO.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/13/magaz...t.html?hpw&rref=magazine&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region®ion=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well