Introducing new species to area Permaculture Concepts: No Such

[Guest guest]

Introducint new species to an area can cause great damage down the

line. Snakes is Hawaii, Rabbits in Autrailia etc. Lady bugs here

that come in houses in the winter because they are used to warm

climates.

 

We have to REALLY be careful what we introduce in what area. So if

you bringing in a duck be sure he is native duck to the area.

 

Root causes of many species dying of animal, plants, inscects is not

paying attention to the what is natural to the area.

 

Loujise

 

rawfood , " Elchanan " <Elchanan wrote:

>

> Yes, in a manner of speaking. Here's an example:

>

> Suppose we have a surplus of slugs and/or snails. One alternative

is to kill

> them. Another is to buy a duck. The duck eats the slugs and

snails ... this

> is within its design. The duck fertilizes the land, also part of

Nature's

> design. The duck then needs a small pond. The pond attracts a frog.

The frog

> eats insects ... such as mosquitoes!!!

>

> The point is, we begin to think in terms of ecosystems in which we

live and

> eat, rather than in terms of food production alone.

>

> Best,

> Elchanan

>

> _____

>

> rawfood [rawfood ] On

Behalf Of

> neal

> Monday, September 17, 2007 6:27 PM

> rawfood

> Re: [Raw Food] Re: Permaculture Concepts: No Such Thing

As " Pests "

>

>

> Elchanon wrote:

> > There are no " pests " ,

> > only a surplus of a given creature. With that

> > perspective in place, we might

> > then ask, what does Nature do with a surplus of this

> > creature? "

> >

> > Elchanan

>

> make it food for something else?

>

> that'd be fun. LOL

>

> neal.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

On Thursday 20 September 2007 14:35, loulin3 wrote:

> Introducint new species to an area can cause great damage

> down the line.  Snakes is Hawaii, Rabbits in Autrailia

> etc.  Lady bugs here that come in houses in the winter

> because they are used to warm climates.

>

> We have to REALLY  be careful what we introduce in what

> area. So if you bringing in a duck be sure he is native

> duck to the area.

>

 

Hi Louise,

 

It is not possible to do this really carefully or otherwise.

It is beyond human capacity to see how nature sees and what

consequences are for our actions.

 

And this suggestion coming from someone, not yourself, who

makes such a fuss about treating symptoms. Introducing a

species because of an excess of another species is simply

treating a symptom and is yet another form of animal

exploitation.

 

Who after all is truly qualified to judge what is excess?

 

> Root causes of many species dying of animal, plants,

> inscects is not paying attention to the what is natural

> to the area.

>

> Loujise

 

Exactly, human interference in the natural, when only nature

knows what is natural.

 

neal.