Conservation is a fallacy!


I think it is quite obvious that throughout the world conservation efforts a failing. With deforestation on the rise and habitat loss increasing. In fact, human induced deforestation is occurring at approximately 17 million hectors per year. And there are global hot spots which are experiencing human induced deforestation at a faster rate than other areas of the planet. World wide 1.2 billion people lack safe drinking water.

There have been recent studies which prove that in the Mara ecosystem (Maasai Mara Reserve, Kenya, Africa)... “Losses at the park were as high as 95% for giraffes, 80% for warthogs, 76% for hartebeest and 67% for impala...” and their data supports "The great wildebeest migration now involves 64% fewer animals than it did in the early 1980s." 

I do not know if anyone else is alarmed by this data. Our conservation efforts are failing and we use terms such as “Sustainable development,” “ maximum sustainable yields,” “resource conservation,” “wise use” which are in fact attempts to sugar-coat our ongoing intention to continue to exploit nature for our own, often indefensible, ends.

We are a masculine society with a “logic of domination” towards our ecosystems and nonhuman beings. This has resulted in our ability to exploit our ecosystems with no regard to the biotic community, and we do not live in harmony with nature.

The real challenge we face today is to halt the continued destruction of our ecosystems and save our planet from extreme habitat loose. Our futures are intertwined with that of nature but we continue to exploit ecosystems for our own needs. It is very important that we speak out against these ecologically destructive acts, such as clearcutting and human induced deforestation.