15. WHAT SHOULD WE CONSERVE?

Eric L. Jones

Chapter 15 in Revealed Biodiversity:An Economic History of the Human Impact, 2014, pp 229-248 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Biodiversity; Economic History; Birds; Landscape; Environmental History; Nature Conservation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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