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15. What Should We Conserve?

In: Revealed Biodiversity An Economic History of the Human Impact

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All nature is so full, said Gilbert White, that the district most examined produces the most variety. He can scarcely have meant that we should be content to see the natural world cut into fragments, however much interest may be squeezed out of backyard natural history or kitchen sink ornithology. Nevertheless, he reminds us that interest remains in the smallest plot. It should be equally obvious that the ecology of areas affected by human activity is entwined with their history: White wrote the Antiquities as well as the Natural History of Selborne. Ecosystems are seldom simon-pure, they are historically contingent.

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  • Eric L. Jones, 2014. "15. What Should We Conserve?," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Revealed Biodiversity An Economic History of the Human Impact, chapter 15, pages 229-248, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
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