Eucalyptus monoculture "forest" in Guangxi, China
All of you capitalist pigs out there may have noticed The Economist‘s issue on biodiversity last week. While I appreciate the attempt to present biodiversity conservation in a generally positive light to an audience that rarely prioritizes the issue, I think it is important to point out that The Economist misses its mark – by a wide margin.
Thanks to the leadership of one of my classmates (also a long-lost cousin), our grad student cohort recently submitted a collective Letter to the Editor. I’ll let you know if that gets printed. In the meantime, here’s my own initial, personal response.