The complexity of population growth: reply to Pletscher and Schwartz

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Human population growth is the ultimate reason for loss of biodiversity, as increasing human population causes an increased promulgation of regulations and results in a proportional loss of individual freedom. Overpopulation alone does not explain all the complexities and agonies of species loss, environmental destruction, global warming, war, poverty, famine or globalization, and reliance on a purely naturalistic argument condemns people to an inexplicable world.

Growth, Biological diversity, Biodiversity, Animal populations, Company growth

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The evolutionarily significant unit and adaptive criteria: a response to Young

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Adaptive criteria that are explicitly and implicitly emphasized in Waples's suggested method for the identification of evolutionarily significant units is reported. With response to Young's claim, it is concluded that the methods and data proposed by Waples to evaluate whether or not a reproductively isolated population is of 'substantial ecological/genetic importance' unambiguously emphasize adaptive over nonadaptive criteria.

Biological diversity conservation, Biodiversity conservation, Animal ecology

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The persistence of positivism in conservation biology

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Positivism can hinder the development of effective conservation efforts. Defined as value-free scientific discourse, positivism reduces theories to a narrow range of practices. It creates an artificial distinction between individual processes and their overall impact. Positivism therefore interferes with the creation of a comprehensive approach to ecological maintenance and preservation.

United States, Environmental aspects, Ethical aspects, Wildlife conservation, Ecology, Positivism

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