Word: preservationism
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Last week—in the newest addition to the ongoing Cape Wind saga—Massachusetts’s top historic preservation official took a public stand against the alternative-energy project, on grounds that two Native American tribes have ties to the land and water in question. While...
Few would want to deny what China's leaders since Mao Zedong have termed China's return to "dignity," a reference to the country's re-emergence as a great power in Asia. But even though other Asian states welcome economic opportunities offered by China's rise, the vast majority...
While such economic arrangements hold great promise, Barbier warns that focusing on one "ecosystem service" - as opposed to grappling with complex systems and interactions - can distort value. He also notes that payments may not cover all the costs of preservation, particularly in the short term. But they may, for instance...
After a heated debate, 28 representatives voted to overturn the initative, while 12 were in favor of its preservation. Two members abstained.
That same instinct for self-preservation will probably mean there won't be many outright fights between the two species. "If they hadn't evolved behavioral mechanisms to reduce unnecessary aggression, they would be extinct," Rockwell says, adding, "In 41 years in the field, where I sometimes see 200 bears...