In the first article, Crimes Against the Environment, the author starts of with discussing latency and accumulation in the eco system. These terms are defined, latency being the delay of effects, and accumulation being that as something accumulates over time only then are its effects noticeable. The terms are strongly linked to the main points of the author in this article. The ecosystem approach is defined and although the author seems to agree, some of the points made are limitations found in this ‘approach'. It is pointed out that it is limited and unqualified, that it is too extreme, stating that the ecosystem approach says it must be preserved in its exact state and it is not to be modified. The author goes on to point out the three major limitations in that view. The first limitation being that the approach would make human choices irrelevant. An example given was that of human settlement being wrong because it damaged the eco system. I agree that this is certainly a......
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