>Don Ewart <D.Ewart@forprod.csiro.au> wrote, in reply to:
>
>>(Thu, 3 Nov 1994 11:43:50 +0200) Ryde.James@anu.edu.au, who wrote:
>>
>>> have a distinct beauty of their own. The emotional preference for native
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>>> vegetation is hard to justify in unemotional terms; my exotic is your
>>> native,
>>
>> How do you justify the assumption that a preference for indigenous>>>
>>flora is purely "emotional" and without rational basis?
It should not be too hard to 'justify' this preference in certain cases.
It is very similar to the struggle to maintain local culture around the
world and resist the homogenizing effect of American culture (i.e.
'Hollywood', McDonalds fast food, Levis jeans, etc.). For instance, what
is the effect of replacing the ancient and culturally important Beach
forest in Denmark with som fast growing conifer? As forest-oriented
people, I would expect the members of this list to appreciate the role
of>forest -- especially mature forests -- in a culture, its identity, and
sense of place. Maybe I'm wrong and most of us only see big trees as big
boards and full pockets for corporations.
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SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY 13210
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