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I think its a good idea to search out critics of a subject,
because you can write an article then, which points at the subjects which
are discussed in the science community and lay emphasis on the critical
points.

For me it seems at the moment that most of the scientist say, biodiversity
is important, good, yaddayadda, but economic decisions are made almost
oposite to this knowledge most of the time.
An example:
The Austrian government wanted to build an electric power plant at the river
Danube, which flows from Germany into the Black Sea. There was a strong
environmental movement against it, but a politician said:
"I'm intersted in mankind, not in fishkind!"

That's the idea decision leaders have about biodiversity, and I think its
good to watch if there are no scientists, to form theories to make this
statement "Politically correct".

In my opinion this is what happened to Climate-Change issue:
In March '95 there was a Congress about the Protection of the climate in
Berlin. A lawyer called Donald Perlman from Washington D.C. Representative
of Exxon, Texaco, Shell and Dupont, seemed to tell several Representatives
of  Arabian states, what to do at this conference. At this ime only
scientists from Kuwait and Saudi-Arabia had arguments against the changing
of climate. (I have this quote from a German book).
But now it seems, as if scientists from every country argue against the
climatic change.
I don't believe in conspiracy theories, I don't want to have another
discussion about climate change, I just wonder if this could also happen to
other issues which are in the field between politics and sciene.

Vera Besse

P.S. The powerplant wasn't build, and I'm proud to say the aera is now a
National Park.

On Wed, 21 Jan 1998 08:07:24 -0800, Thomas ODell <odellt@ucs.orst.edu>
wrote:

>Is it really "balanced" to seek out ther lone voice of dissention, however
>illogical?
>I dont see why you feel obligated to search out critics.
>If you were writing about astronomy would you be obliged to quote people
>who believe that the earth is flat?
>
>On Mon, 19 Jan 1998, jim heath wrote:
>
>SNIP
>>
>> Are there notable scientists who have expressed well-founded
>> scepticism about the value of biodiversity? Or the wisdom of
>> one species interfering on behalf of the rest?
>>

>> Jim Heath

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