Big Island Organizations & Programs Losing Funding

[Punatang]

However, to your entire point, and while some may claim the world is only 5,000ish years old and up to 4.5 billion years old, depending on individuals beliefs, I’d say it's fair to say that only within the last 75ish years has humanity even come close to understanding the environment. 

Hmmm. My "entire point" was about invasive species and zero about what you posted here.  As an aside, every 75 years humans say that humans didn't know crap until the most recent 75 years, and they are 100% correct.  Let's meet up in 75 years and compare notes.