A recommended approach to biodiversity conservation

Ecological 'purists' recoil at the thought of active management via human intervention. The problem with the purist approach is that most regions on Earth are affected/managed by people.

Eliminating introduced Pacific salmon, pictured, from the Great Lakes is neither possible or desirable. But we also use 'lampricides,' chemicals designed to kill juvenile lamprey to protect Pacific salmon. This begs the question: what are our priorities for species conservation and on what do we base those decisions, asks Robert Sopuck. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Opinion

BY ROBERT SOPUCK

February 13, 2023

A common-sense biodiversity treaty or policy acknowledges that we have human and subjective decisions to make. Are we happy with the new fish community in the Great Lakes? Of course the point is moot, given that eliminating introduced Pacific salmon from the Great Lakes is n...

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