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Monday, January 24, 2011

Skeeters.

Raise your hand if you love mesquitoes. Anyone? personally, I can't wait until monsoon season, just so I can feel that sting of the straw, and those lovely itchy bumps on my arms and neck. lovely. But seriously, I believe that Mosquitoes do provide a sufficient amount of help to our own human preferences, as well as those of many other animals.
    Mosquitoes help pollinate a huge variety of plants, some necessary to preserving habitats and even entire biospheres. They also provide food to many animals, including a huge number of migratory birds in alaska. Why would you wipe out any species? If any species causes enough harm to be exterminated, It's us. Oh, and although it is slightly morbid, Mosquitoes are playing a role in keeping the entire planet alive, by keeping our population down with their many viruses. Overall consensus? Mosquitoes stay.

Ecosystem services...or else.

Ecosystem Services. That's a weird term. What services are we talking here? environmental help, recreation? Truth is, the divisions of Ecosystem Services are something that we all think about, and we all want. A cash trade. But of all the different trades for money, Ecosystem Services may provide one of the best, or worst, income reasoning. The ecosystem does many things for us. Providing oxygen, water, and endless recourses, among many other things, are needed for human existence. So say you spend your time helping other people get what they want. Don't you want compensation that benefits you? This is how Ecosystem services work. The idea is that if citizens were to contribute tax money or other funds, then divisions of Ecosystem Services could generate that money back into preserving the environment. All in all, I think it's a pretty good deal. Plus, all that green paper came from nature, so we might as well start to pay it back.