Abstract
Even before Linnaeus was appointed to his first post, the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution were evident. One might argue, therefore, that the Linnean Project, the cataloguing of the components of the biosphere, began too late, since before we have finished, species have been lost to pollution, urbanisation and the intensification of agriculture. What conservationists have to recognise is that the Industrial Revolution, as an economic engine, has been adopted by almost every country in the world and that it is against such a background we have to sustain, in our own interest, the well-being of the biosphere. We do not have the option of choosing at, say, national level either conservation or industrialisation. We need both.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2002 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Chapman, G.P., Wang, YZ. (2002). Conservation in Practice. In: The Plant Life of China. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04838-2_15
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04838-2_15
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-642-07599-5
Online ISBN: 978-3-662-04838-2
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive