Losing Nature’s Services
Above: Photo of January 25, 2007
Above: Photo of October 14, 2006January 25, 2007:
Here are two photographs for comparison. The first was taken on January 25, 2007 and the second on October 14, 2006. How many hundreds of trees, and under-story plants were removed? How many tons of carbon dioxide absorption services were removed from Earth’s ecosystems when these plants - that give the “breath of life”...oxygen - were destroyed? How many homes - inhabited by the many other creatures that share Planet Earth, and often provide intangible Nature’s Services to non-humans and humanity - were destroyed to make room for our increasing numbers? It would have been much more satisfying if the developers had bought older homes around Memphis and revitalized them instead of bulldozing everything in sight and leaving this land as a conservation easement.
Here are two photographs for comparison. The first was taken on January 25, 2007 and the second on October 14, 2006. How many hundreds of trees, and under-story plants were removed? How many tons of carbon dioxide absorption services were removed from Earth’s ecosystems when these plants - that give the “breath of life”...oxygen - were destroyed? How many homes - inhabited by the many other creatures that share Planet Earth, and often provide intangible Nature’s Services to non-humans and humanity - were destroyed to make room for our increasing numbers? It would have been much more satisfying if the developers had bought older homes around Memphis and revitalized them instead of bulldozing everything in sight and leaving this land as a conservation easement.
posted by James Baker @ 9:06 PM
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