There's a balance in here somewhere. Jobs and economic development are certainly important. But if we don't conserve the species we have, our children and grandchildren will only be able to see pictures of them in the history books.
Like the dodo. And like the passenger pigeon, which once thundered across American skies in great flocks but which perished forever when Martha died in 1914.
“According to the UN Environment Programme, the Earth is in the midst of a mass extinction of life. Scientists estimate that 150-200 species of plant, insect, bird and mammal become extinct every 24 hours.”
And it seems that during expeditions to find new species, they are quite successful.
It’s a continuing process, that usually goes on sight unseen,until someone wants to make a political stand.
Of course starlings will never go extinct, they clean out the bird feeder as fast a you fill it, wouldn’t bother me if groundhogs were on this list too.