Comments on: When Worlds Collide http://www.conservationmagazine.org/2008/07/when-worlds-collide/ Creative Ideas for a Greener Future Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:15:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Marc http://www.conservationmagazine.org/2008/07/when-worlds-collide/comment-page-1/#comment-2926 Marc Wed, 22 Sep 2010 20:27:23 +0000 http://conbio.squaredesign.com/?p=1021#comment-2926 Hi, where i can get those seeds.I want to sow them in Germany to install a exil for them and a refuge. Who can help me? Marc Hi, where i can get those seeds.I want to sow them in Germany to install a exil for them and a refuge.
Who can help me?

Marc

]]> By: Marco http://www.conservationmagazine.org/2008/07/when-worlds-collide/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Marco Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:10:46 +0000 http://conbio.squaredesign.com/?p=1021#comment-54 Hi, maybe some europeans will take care about the Torreya taxifolia.Hope they will give us some trees to plant, so we can save them there, if the american population is extincted.... Hi,
maybe some europeans will take care about the Torreya taxifolia.Hope they will give us some trees to plant, so we can save them there, if the american population is extincted….

]]> By: Charly http://www.conservationmagazine.org/2008/07/when-worlds-collide/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Charly Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:10:52 +0000 http://conbio.squaredesign.com/?p=1021#comment-53 I would guess that 50 percent of the plant mass in the U.S. is non-endemic to its area. Grasses and "weeds" are spread around the world with cattle. Beggars tick, native to tropical America, now grows in temperate and tropical climates nearly every where. The genie is out of the bottle. Unless gardeners and farmers are limited to endemic species, and food transport is eliminated we will have the uncontrolled introduction of species. Imagine that I put potato peelings in my compost pile. What bacteria and fungi have I introduced into the ecosystem? What's the big deal about planting some Torreya trees that seems poorly adapted to spread. I would be much more worried about the rotting boniato and malanga from Costa Rica I see in the market, or the stuff in the Chinese market that might end up in the soil. It is the little tiny things that spread in the billions that are the risk. I would guess that 50 percent of the plant mass in the U.S. is non-endemic to its area. Grasses and “weeds” are spread around the world with cattle. Beggars tick, native to tropical America, now grows in temperate and tropical climates nearly every where. The genie is out of the bottle. Unless gardeners and farmers are limited to endemic species, and food transport is eliminated we will have the uncontrolled introduction of species. Imagine that I put potato peelings in my compost pile. What bacteria and fungi have I introduced into the ecosystem? What’s the big deal about planting some Torreya trees that seems poorly adapted to spread. I would be much more worried about the rotting boniato and malanga from Costa Rica I see in the market, or the stuff in the Chinese market that might end up in the soil. It is the little tiny things that spread in the billions that are the risk.

]]> By: Steven Schaaf http://www.conservationmagazine.org/2008/07/when-worlds-collide/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Steven Schaaf Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:54:44 +0000 http://conbio.squaredesign.com/?p=1021#comment-52 I have been looking into planting some California endemic trees in British Columbia. It is a complex issue, and must be carefully applied to avoid catastrophe. On the other hand, doing nothing has proven ineffective to solve the extinction issue which we've created. I have been looking into planting some California endemic trees in British Columbia. It is a complex issue, and must be carefully applied to avoid catastrophe. On the other hand, doing nothing has proven ineffective to solve the extinction issue which we’ve created.

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