Monday, February 05, 2007
The World Will Need Our Help When It Gets Hot
A third strategic investment should be in ecological restoration — a deliberate effort to reintroduce extirpated species, to build wetlands where they have been wiped out, or to reintroduce fire to ecosystems with species such a pines that depend on fire for seed dispersal or for creating openings in which poplars and birches can grow. This is not a task only for ecologists. The forestry, fishery and agriculture industries should recognize the importance to them of assisting in the recovery of degraded, damaged or destroyed ecosystems.
