Biodiversity trumps 'nature' in the Gulf

摘要

Louisiana's coastal ecosystem is in trouble. Under siege from erosion and rising sea levels, at present rates of degradation it will be gone within 50 years. That would be bad news for biodiversity, for the seafood industry and for the city of New Orleans.rnThis catastrophe can be averted, but opinion is divided on how. On one side are the traditional conservationists whornbelieve in allowing nature to take its course with minimal intervention, fearing that too much could backfire.