If there was ever an incentive to work really hard at a career in conservation science, it'd be so you could some day get to the point where you can say really dramatic stuff like this and get it published in Science.
On the other hand, the knowledge that this kind of blatant disregard for preserving biodiversity in developed nations is at best unsettling, and at worst, down right depressing.
This kind of policy degradation of protected areas is not just happening in Australia. Below is a screen capture I took from Google maps. The image is of a national forest in PA. Note the 'forest rd' and the 'scenic trail', then notice the enormous number of drilling sites fragmenting the "protected" forest.
Maybe someday we'll have more voices cheering for these guys...
...so these guys will listen...
