Abstract
The erosion of the stock of biodiversity on earth developed historically with the so-called voyages of discovery (and their antecedents), colonial conquests and the accompanying movements of natural products and peoples, i.e. movements of populations and genetic materials. These events happened with the development of technology and the so-called conquest, by man, of his environment and the appertaining development of specialization not only in industry but also in agriculture and environmental management. The development of specialization resulted in the homogenization of processes, products, inputs and input industries; this increased homogenization had the corollary of arrested heterogeneity across the board; what they call globalization is part of this process. The efficiency of homogenization, however, engendered new problems of fragility of human environment and of production and social relations and processes. The effects of this complex situation, in general terms and in terms of biodiversity in particular, have been more devastating for the more vulnerable regions, classes of people, and peoples of the world. A continuous rethinking of the epistemology and the social and political bases of existing policies on environment in general, and of biodiversity conservation in particular, has become imperative.
Highlights
For close to half a century there had been a renewal of the concern over the decline of biodiversity on our planet
In its elemental form, the crisis of human environment has been devastating among peoples and societies that depend directly on natural resources and products for generating their needs and for reproducing themselves and their societies
Historical economic botany show the links between economic complexity and the introduction of new genetic resources in agricultural production” whether we are examining the hegemony of North America in agricultural production or the phenomenon of plantation agriculture, we are confronted with the development of underdevelopment from about the 15th century A.D
Summary
For close to half a century there had been a renewal of the concern over the decline of biodiversity on our planet. In its elemental form, the crisis of human environment has been devastating among peoples and societies that depend directly on natural resources and products (plants and animals) for generating their needs and for reproducing themselves and their societies. If not the major, element of the crisis of the environment, the decline in global biodiversity has been most devastating to the most vulnerable of the citizens of the world. The impression is becoming entrenched that globalization, in all its ramification, is a new phenomenon that is unstoppable and to which peoples and regions of the world must bow.
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