GEOG 339 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Theoretical Ecology, The Wildlife Society, Endangered Species Act Of 1973
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Ducks out of water: nature conservation as boundary maintenance. In ruddy duck campaign, it is conservationists that see it as a pest while land users are indifferent to, or protective towards them. 1980s, concern that it might spread to spain and compete/interbreed with rare, native white-headed duck. Hybridization is considered a problem because it can cause one or other of the parent species to lose its genetic distinctness, becoming extinct in its original form. No standard way of conserving biodiversity; cases between species vary and there is no one method that applies to all: milton states that conserving biodiversity is conservationists"" primary objective. Conserving biodiversity means ensuring that natural landscapes, with their array of ecosystems, are maintained, and that species, populations, genes, and the complex interactions between them, persist into the future. Conservationists prefer to distance themselves from arguments about the rights of individuals.
