There is indeed much to struggle with. I don't personally view it as attempting to return to a pristine native flora but to fight to preserve the diversity we were gifted by nature--and upon which so much of life relies. There has always been change in nature, but we are accelerating it faster than ever in history through habitat destruction (which includes but is not limited to introducing invasive plants and maintaining lawns) and pesticide use, even more so than climate change.
this is something I have struggled with. Is it even possible to return to a pristine native flora? What can be done for plant roots and seeds that move by wind or bird or animal where there is no human influence? How were “native” populations “protected before man came on the scene? And lastly, as you point out, what replaces plants removed by climate change if there is no travel of plants more suited to the new climate parameters?
There is indeed much to struggle with. I don't personally view it as attempting to return to a pristine native flora but to fight to preserve the diversity we were gifted by nature--and upon which so much of life relies. There has always been change in nature, but we are accelerating it faster than ever in history through habitat destruction (which includes but is not limited to introducing invasive plants and maintaining lawns) and pesticide use, even more so than climate change.
this is something I have struggled with. Is it even possible to return to a pristine native flora? What can be done for plant roots and seeds that move by wind or bird or animal where there is no human influence? How were “native” populations “protected before man came on the scene? And lastly, as you point out, what replaces plants removed by climate change if there is no travel of plants more suited to the new climate parameters?
Very good -thanks