permaculture

[Mark <mpludwig@facstaff.wisc.edu>]

At 08:49 PM 8/13/02 -0400, you wrote:
> Anyway, for another perspective on the debate, check out the Holmgren
> article I attached - he talks of "ecosynthesis" - very interesting and very
> much in keeping with the Gaia theory ( not that we shouldn't and indeed
> mustn't sometimes chop and drop Mark, just that we should observe the hell
> out of it first - for more on that perspaective, please read Mollison's
> inspiration - Mansanobu Fukuoka's "One Straw Revolution" - Nature really is
> much smarter than us you know...)
>
> Claude Genest

I do not doubt that given time to adapt to new species invasion most 
landscapes can reach a good equilibrium.  However the current situation 
where the pesky monkey people move dozens of new species into the ecosystem 
and then provide boats, farm machinery, fish hatchery, botanical gardens 
etc to spread them around is simply overwhelming the potential for 
adapting.  Like all weed management there is a place for restraint, but 
there is no where near enough effort being made to intervene in places 
where the situation is clear.  Small invasions are tolerated until they 
balloon into massive problems. I have seen it many times.  Ya'll don't have 
to be chain saw wielders if you don't want to, your all free people, I'm a 
libertarian, do what you will.  Don't expect me to just let pass this 
balderdash that weeds aren't really a problem.
M


Mark P. Ludwig
Poultry Research Lab
University of Wisconsin -Madison
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608-846-7125 HM