Remnants of pristine undisturbed bushland are essential for the natural re-stocking of surrounding less pristine areas. Without these pockets the surrounding areas quickly become devoid of diversity and only species tolerant of human encroachment remain.
Read Flannery's The Future Eaters for further reference.
Dude! They aren't turning the whole bushland into a walkway, just enough of it for a... walkway! So instead of one pocket there will be two pockets!
Dude!! Two small ecosystems are not the equivalent of one big one for some species.
So none of these species can cross a 2m patch of walkway?
......you all are guilty of eco invasion .......everytime you step onto a beach ,onto grass, swim in the sea etc you have a small impact on that area ....
Ah the old rape and pillage logic. Because we impact here, we might as well do it there as well and make it all equal ay?
What better way to do this than by giving them access to an area full of natural biodiversity in a sustainable manner???
Your wrong Waruikazi, you obviously havent seen the effect walkways can have on reserves. It creates another introduction point for weeds and rubbish as well as more subtle disturbances like wind penetration etc. On top of that is the disturbance of the animals themselves. Ive seen a few local reserves go this way, looking at them now they might aswell have been bulldozed. Theyre good for nothing but people running their dogs off lead now.
This is especially true of small reserves where the effect is greater, what little left needs to be left untouched if its to be of any value from a conservation point of view. Google 'The Edge Effect', it explains what im talking about better than i can.
Mrmikk, might be worth changing the subject line of the confirmation e-mail to something more descriptive or substantial, it got nabbed by my spam filter.
Jordan
just signed it, how could i not
mel
you guys have to be real.......how many WILDLIFE creatures were put off ,by where you live in your nice little home ,all cosy? .......as long as the development is kept to a minimal and thats why it was commented would like to know exactly what the council is going to construct.....waruikazi wasnt agreeing with total distruction and wipe out endangerd species..it was a simple suggestion that if its just a walkway then he doesnt have a problem with that and neither do I......you all are guilty of eco invasion .......everytime you step onto a beach ,onto grass, swim in the sea etc you have a small impact on that area ....
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