Future Biodiversity Research–Targets, the Human Factor and Lessons Learned

摘要: Consequently, it surely is questionable whether we can achieve whatever it is we are trying to achieve using targets for biodiversity and treating and managing biodiversity, in particular when referring to biodiversity as an entity independent from and largely untouched by all the other human activities which modified and keep on modifying this planet. Under these circumstances a much deeper and more thorough re-thinking of our place on this planet and more thorough research on how to make it sustainable seems necessary. In order to make the transition to a human endeavor that does not undermine structure and function of ecosystems, however, can we do without targets?