Ecosystems are deeply interconnected – environmental research, policy and management should be too
- Written by: Rebecca Gladstone-Gallagher, Lecturer in Marine Science, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Shutterstock/S CurtisWhy are we crossing ecological boundaries that affect Earth’s fundamental life-supporting capacity? Is it because we don’t have enough information about how ecosystems respond to change? Or are we unable, even unwilling, to use that information better?
We have a lot to learn still, but as we show in our research,...