Humans can have a beneficial impact on the environment too, by terraforming and making the land more productive.
There's some evidence that the Amazon mix of fruiting tree and nut species were selected for by humans.
"The Supposedly Pristine, Untouched Amazon Rainforest Was Actually Shaped By Humans"
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/pristine-untou...
Since some people us this as political grounds for eugenics and population control. Such as one child policies, like China used to have. I think the proper way need to view ourselves, is as "gardeners" and caretakers. What we destroy in one area, we should rebuild in another, or make better.
For example, we could make connected "green corridors" that span the entire country, through which animals can migrate and live in. We have disrupted the migration paths of some species with out cities. But nothing says that we can't make it better by providing routes for these animals around our cities and farms.
There's some evidence that the Amazon mix of fruiting tree and nut species were selected for by humans.
"The Supposedly Pristine, Untouched Amazon Rainforest Was Actually Shaped By Humans"
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/pristine-untou...
Since some people us this as political grounds for eugenics and population control. Such as one child policies, like China used to have. I think the proper way need to view ourselves, is as "gardeners" and caretakers. What we destroy in one area, we should rebuild in another, or make better.
For example, we could make connected "green corridors" that span the entire country, through which animals can migrate and live in. We have disrupted the migration paths of some species with out cities. But nothing says that we can't make it better by providing routes for these animals around our cities and farms.