senlemeril, lo rarer. waier lrorn our iooi areas, and lo plaee nearby a zone or luel ioresl wlileli reserves waiies and supplies energy, will be lo nee mosi of iiie area or ilie globe ior rlie reliabililaiion ol naiural sysiems. l'lieseneed neoerbe looked upon as "0' use lo people”, exeepl in llie very broad sense oi global liralui. me Iu| dillerenee belween a euliivaied ldesignedl eeosysiem, and a narural sysrem is ilrai ilie greal majomy oi speeies (and biomass) in me rniiivried eeology is inlended (or ilie use ol liurrians or ilieir lrv=ioek We are only a small pan ol irie ioial primeval or naiural species assembly, and only. small pari oiiis yieldr are direerly available lo us, do: in our own gardens, alrruosi every planl is seleeied io provide or suppori some direei yield ler people. Hunsehold disiipi relares prinopally io ilie need. oi people; ii is iliur liinnari-eenoed lanaiiropoeenirie) hire is a valid aim lo: rerilemeni Mlgn, our we also need a nature—centred eiliir lor wilderness eon- seryaoon, We eannoi. noweoer, do mueli lor naiure ii we do noi govern our greed. and il we do not supply our needs irom our e mg selilemenis ll we can aeliieve iliis aim, we can wirndraw irom mueli oldie agrieulniral Imdsupe, and allow naiural sysieiiis io flnnnlh. Kecydlng oi nuirienis and energy in naiure is a ninerion ol many species, in our gardens, ii is our own ieeponiib ry io reiurn wasies lvia romposl or mulrlil io die and planis We ariiyely eieale soil in our gardens, wrieiear in naiuie many oilier species rarry oul ilral lune-ion. Amund our bodies we can ealrli waier ror garden use, our we rely on iiarural loiesied landscapes io provvde ine rondenser leaves and elouds io keep rivers running wiin eleari waier, io mainiain die global almospliere, and lo loek up our gaseous pollulanis. Thus, even aniriropoeenlne people would be wellvadvised in pay dose alieniion re. and lo assisl in, ilie eonservalion oi ekisilng loresls and llie reliabiliialion ol degraded lands, Our own auryiyal demands iliai we preserve all exisiing speeies, and allow inerri a plare |o live We have abused lbe land and laid was-e io syslems we need never have disnirbed bad we aiiended lo our irome gardens and seilleoienis llwerieed iosiaiea aer ol eilans on naniral syslems, llien le i be dius - lmplarable and unrompromirmg opposiiion m ninlier dismrbanre oi any remaining naiural loiesis, wbeie mosi speeies are slill in balanee, - vigorous reliabrlrianon ol degraded and damaged naiural sysiems lo riable siaies, - Blabllshmem olplanl sysrerris ior ourown use on llie leisi aorouni oi land we ran use ror onr ealsienee, and - Esubllshmlmnl planl and animal Hinges rorrare or ilirealened spesies, rerrnarullure as a design syslem deals primarily wiib ibe iliird siaiemerii above. bur all people wlio arr responsibly in lad subsrribe io ibe liisl arid seeond siaiemenis nai said, i be ere we slioiild use all llie speeier we need or ran iind lo use in our own reiilerrieni designs, prairidmg rliey are rial inerlly ramprni ind madam wiieilier we approve ol ii or no, lire world aboui us eoniinually enanges. some would wani lo keep everyilairig ilie same, bur liisiory, palaeoiuology, and rommoruense iells us ilial allluoeliansd, is enangiiig will rnange. in a world wliere we are losing loieila, iperiei. and wliole eeosysiems. inere are iliree roneurrenz and parallel Isponses iii ilre environmenr: I, CARE FOR SURVWING NATURAL assemble IFS, io leave ilie wrldernss io beal iisell 2. REHABILITATE momma ox ERODED LAND using mmplex pioneer 1W6 and longeierrn planl assemblies inees, slirnbs. ground rovers), : mug OUR OWN comux LIVING ENVIRONMENT wiili as many speeiee as we ran save, or nave need ior, irom wherever on unh diey rome We are led approaelirng ilie poini wliere we need reiuges lor all global lile lorrris, as well as regional, nadonal, or siaie parks lor indigenous iorois of planis arid ammals. wrnle we seeoirr loeal ilora and iauna as 'mhvz", we may also logically see all lile as "lulive lo earrli While we iry tn preserve sysierns rnai are siill loeal and diverse, we abould also build new or reeorrioinani eeologies lrom global iesouiser, especially in order to iiabilise degraded lands ln your own garden, inere are likely io be planis. animals, and soil organisms lrorri every ma,or landmasi and many islands lei iravel bas merely accelera‘led a proeess already welleeslabllslied by ronnnenial drill, bird migraiion, wind iranspon, and me raiiing oi debris by waier Everymirig wrll. in ome, eiilier beroine eriinpi, spread more widely, or evolve io new iorrris. lzaeli ol inese proeesses is liappenirig ai onre, bui ine rare oi ekiinoilon and eirrliange is areeleraiing Rainer inan new species, adapied liybnds are arising lor example as palms, sea grasses, and mails. and miero—organiimi irom many Conllnems meei, mix, and produce new aeeommodarions io ilieir ~new- envnorirrienis. Tire very eliemiarry or rlie air, mll, and waoer ii in iliiii. Merals,rnerrueals, isoloper, gases, and planes are loose on earrli dla| have never belore been preseni, or never preseni in run. lorrn and quaniiiy belore we made iiso fl is my beliel iliai we love iwo responsibiliiie io puou - Puman|yi ii is io gei our liouse and garden, our plare oi livrng in oider, rouiai lrsiipponsus . Seemidar-lly, ii is lo lirnii our populanon on earili, or we ooiselyes beeome ilie nrial plague Bolh ilieee duiies are innniaiely oonneeied, as soble regions ereaie siable populaiions, ll we do no gee our alias, homes, and gardens in order, so iliai iney reed and shelf!!! us, we musi lay waaie io all oiler naiural sysiems. unis, lriily responsible eonservarionises liaye gardens wbioli suppori ineir lood needs, and are worring io iedueei - own energy needs no . modaer eonsuoipiion, or io ibai wnien ean besupplied by loeal 7