by Keith Bowers Ok, let's put aside political differences and human rights issues (we will surely return to these) and focus on the landscape of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). During the Korean War, much of the northern peninsula of Korea was ravaged, including its forest and watersheds. Since the 1950s, a…
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Envision a coral reef.What do you see? A dazzling, vivid, underwater rainforest teeming with aquatic life? If so, it's not surprising. Coral reefs are, after all, among the most complex ecosystems on the planet, and home to more than 4,000 species of fish, 700 species of coral, and thousands of other plants and animals. Known…
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DPKR official presenting during the seminar.Imagine an entire country of 24 million people undergoing massive deforestation, land degradation and food shortages, leading to ecosystem collapse. Now imagine that country’s people having virtually no contact with the outside world and being ruled by a hard-line communist regime. What do you do? How can you help? You…
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Dr. Peter May, BiohabitatsI'm at the International Society for the Advancement of Emergy Research (ISAER) conference closing and the beginning of our Society business meeting. A report from the "Prosporous Way Down" (PWD) committee I joined this week outlines our next steps toward advancing the concepts, ideas and theories of steps toward global de-growth as…
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By Keith Bowers, President, BiohabitatsThere is a new exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) "Foreclosed: Rehousing the American Dream." The show, in which five teams of architects have been rethinking housing in American cities and suburbs in light of the foreclosure crisis, has been getting a great deal of press recently, including the…
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"Protect biodiversity at all costs." For many of us involved in conservation planning and ecological restoration, this has been our mantra. But with climate change and human population influencing nature in ways we may never fully understand, and at astounding speeds, new ecosystems never before seen are on the rise.These new, or 'novel' ecosystems include…
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"Living with nature's original sin," by Michael Duffy, appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald on December 10, 2011.Kevin Heatley, Senior Scientist & Invasive Species Expert, Biohabitats, Inc.:This discussion never goes where it should, to an examination of ethics and values. This is not about science, it is about priorities. It is not about limited control…
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As people engaged in ecological restoration, conservation planning and regenerative design, we think a lot about connections. We know we wouldn't be able to enjoy a cup of coffee were it not for pollinators. We know how the journey of a raindrop landing on a city rooftop is linked to elevated nitrogen levels in a…
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Keith Bowers, President, BiohabitatsCheck out the cover story of the July 4, 2011 issue of Engineering and News Record:http://enr.construction.com/buildings/construction_methods/2011/0704-artfulbalancing.aspIt's ironic that ENR features this project in the same issue that lists the top green design firms. Placing this project in the ravine and stream bed means it will have irreversible and devastating impacts to the…
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By Michael Ogden Natural Systems International An article by Mark Davis in Nature..this is all old hat to you, but I like his way of thinking (recently purchased a copy of “Invasion Biology, pub OUP, 2009), and every time I think about how many land managers never took a class on evolution and want…
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