Do you think that the protection of wildlife can ever be in conflict with economic development?

Question

You know,people use animals' fur for fashion.There are also fish industry and others,what do you think?

Answer 1

Ever?  Try constantly!  Wildlife makes up a part of the cohesive whole that is a fully interactive web on earth. Humanity and its economic driven decisions put strain on the (still?) cohesive and interactive natural world. Non-human species succumb in the face of our daily choices. My question is, 'where is the threshold from which there is no turning back and fixing things so that the earth cancontinue to support us greedy capitalist pigs?'

Answer 2

protection of wildlife is always in conflict with economic development I live in west ky and farm for a living my wonderful goverment about 1987 reintroduced turkeys in the wild in my area now there are so many of these things they cost me thousands of dollars in damage to crops every year and white tail deer the goverment boosted their population in the late 60s not only do they cost me thousands in crop damages they cost thousands in damages to cars all the pepole who live in the city and complain about wildlife protection need to send some cash to those of us who are paying the bill for all their beloved wildlife protection i am sure if all these pepole who are for the fair treatment and protection of wildlife start going hungary they will have no problem changing there mind but as long as they can sit on their fat azzes and look out their office window they will be fore the protection of wildlife

Answer 3

Can their be conflict? Yes.  Must there be conflict? No.  The major challenge wildlife faces today is loss of habitat, so many people equate economic development with real estate development, thus habitat loss.

The fact is that "green" economic development is huge, and growing quickly.  Towns have birding festivals, countries have wildlife photography safaries, and sport hunters pour billions of dollars into the economy while maintaining helthy wildlife populations.  Similarly, some countries (notably in Africa) have banned sport hunting and lost the funding they need to protect their wildlife from poachers.  CITIES and other agreements have not slowed the poaching of elephants for their ivory, and the lack of game rangers inhibits protection of wildlife and their habitat.

As far as furs for fashion, many furs come from commercially raised animals and those which are trapped or shot come from healthy populations.  Endangered species are never used (by Law).  The key is to use wildlife as a sustainable resource, removing individuals no faster than populations can be maintained at desirable levels.  When commercial fishermen have trouble catching, say, salmon, they can choose to fish for something else or quit fishing.  This may cause an economic downturn, especially locally, but the desireability of the salmon as a sport fish is raised as the species becomes rarer, so fly fishing revenues soar.  Naturally, the goverment usually imposes quotas and limits as species decline, but it may take too long to enact legislation for short-term effects.

Also, if wildlife is "protected" across the board, with no hunting or other controls, populations can boom disastrously.  Too many elephants means no crops, no trees for firewood.  Too many deer means overbrowsing and more auto accidents.  Too many geese means smelly patios, unhappy golfers, and parks where noone can play.

Answer 4

one nuclear bomb can solve all problem of man and animal.

"bad" economic development can be conflict them.

Answer 5

There is always a conflict between the environment and human economic development. I mean 20 30 years ago most of the developed countries agreed that they woudl not drill for oil in the north pole cos it would damage the eco-system there or somethng like that.

Today Russia and America are fighting over who has the right to drill in the north pole, yet last year yet everyone knows global warmning is a reality.

Answer 6

Ask the people of Oregon who lost their logging jobs to protect an owl that was being forced out by another owl species. The envirweenies said the owl could only survive in the Forrest but could actually live in a Micky D's sign so you tell me.  We protect some grassland because of a rat then the grassland gets burned up because we can not clear out the dead stuff so fires could actually be suppressed and not spread to where humans live.  

Animals live and die all the time and many by other animals. people wearing furs have nothing to do with anything and the animals used for fur are breed and raised for that purpose sorry. People can wear fur if they want to.

Answer 7

It depends on what type of economic development you are talking about but in many cases there is a conflict between wildlife conservation and economic growth.  We have come a long way in attempting to save habitats and reduce pollution but it is inevitable that some harm will be caused by extending into regions where we have not been.

Answer 8

Of course..it IS in contant conflict!!

Answer 9

As I recall, not too long ago, it was against the law to destroy swampland in Florida but no matter where I go, I see construction and development in areas where I see cypress trees and cypress stumps. Hmmmm.... don't cypress trees grow in swamps??? Conflict? I guess not. Not anymore. Apparently, the mighty dollar won out.

Answer 10

I think it can be in conflict, people are always wanting to "live in the country" so areas where wildlife make their homes could be destroyed for people. Plus the more people there are in an area the more crowded parks can become disturbing natural wildlife.

Answer 11

plant trees build water pond and treat wildlife better than we treat each other

Answer 12

These things have been in conflict since the very beginning of human kind.  We just have to research the effects of something before we do it.  It can be hard to care about destroying an animals natural habitat when you consider a new freeway to ease an existing ones congestion.  But is necessary to maintaining the circle of life.

Answer 13

when one specie moves in and displaces another specie---isn't that normal. don't we see it in lakes and rivers all the time? why are humans looked down on for doing what appears, in the natural world, to be the norm?

Answer 14

They're always in conflict.  Man cuts down the forests, dams up the rivers, builds houses into their habitat, drills for oil, etc.