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Value of Natural Biodiversity Services

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Biodiversity can seem to be a complicated issue. The seeming complexity can be furthered by oversimplification leading to misunderstanding at one point, and the exaggeration of the complexity at another. Nowhere is this more evident than in the valuation of biodiversity services.
Biodiversity services, that is, natural biodiversity services as opposed to human efforts to [...]

September 28, 2008  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Biodiversity Services, Biodiversity and pest control, Ecology, Environment, Environmental services, Exotic Vegetation Management, Exotic plant migration, Exotic plants, Green services, Invasive species, Native habitat, Natural biodiversity services, Nature, Pest control, Preserving biodiversity, Valuing biodiversity services  One Comment

Environmental Services |Exotic Vegetation Management

Environmental Services: Exotic Vegetation Management
It’s a fact of life.
Plants move. They migrate from one area to another using a bewildering variety of locomotion methods. Sometimes they travel by hitch hiking on people or animals, sometimes by wind or water, but travel they do.
If there is an invasive plant in your area, the chances are pretty [...]

September 7, 2008  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Biodiversity, Biodiversity Services, Environmental services, Exotic Vegetation Management, Exotic plant migration, Exotic plants, Green services, Habitat, Habitat Management, Invasive plants, Invasive species, Native habitat, Native plants, Non native plants, Wildlife habitat  No Comments

Aquatic Biodiversity: Protecting Lakes

Aquatic Biodiversity: Protecting Lakes

With water shortages predicted for parts of the United States, planners are scrambling to figure out just exactly what our water needs will be for the future, and just exactly how to deal with them.

Preserving what we have.

One thing is for certain, we need to preserve the viability of [...]

September 2, 2008  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Biodiversity, Biodiversity Services, Exotic plant migration, Exotic plants, Invasive plants, Invasive species, Non native plants  No Comments

“What harm can a little plant possibly do?”

Invasive Plants and Biodiversity: “What harm can a little plant possibly do?”

I get this question from a lot of people: “What harm can a little plant possibly do?”

The simple answer:
The answer to that question is” Billions of dollars in damage and control efforts, and the most significant loss of biodiversity in history!
We are [...]

September 2, 2008  Tags: ,   Posted in: Biodiversity, Exotic aquatic plants, Exotic plant migration, Exotic plants, Invasive plants, Invasive species, Non native plants  No Comments

Exotic Plants Biodiversity: A Cause and Effect Tale

Exotic Plants, Biodiversity: A Cause and Effect Tale

The following tale is true in most of it’s content, the names have been changed to protect the innocent!

A plant native to Asia sprouts. It is pulled from it’s native waters and shipped to an aquarium wholesaler in South Florida. It is bought by a [...]

September 2, 2008  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Biodiversity, Exotic aquatic plants, Exotic plant migration, Exotic plants, Invasive plants, Invasive species, Native plants, Non native plants, Real Estate, Water  No Comments