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Index of Subjects This is a multipart message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0091_01D525C7.AAAF9150 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable My response to the =E2=80=9CWhat good are they?=E2=80=9D (They being = Atlantic Coastal plains flora.) was that you never know what sort of = medically beneficial chemicals are waiting to be discovered in some = plant species and that the rare lants around our lakes are a tourist = attraction. (True, eh?)=20 =20 But I=E2=80=99m slow on the draw. We do need to marshal more arguments. =20 Re. Brazil and Balsonaro, I cringe. Then I listen to some of the = complaints some people in Canada make and boy, we may have problems, = some of =E2=80=98em serious, but we had better appreciate what we have = and we=E2=80=99d better not take it for granted. A lot of us need to = look outside, and think. =20 From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca = [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of Richard Stern Sent: June 18, 2019 11:02 AM To: NatureNS Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Bird Habitats =20 Preaching to the choir ......... I'm sure everyone in this and similar = groups already feel as I do, that habitat is vital to migratory birds = all along their migration route, and that I enjoy birds because they're = interesting, beautiful, challenging to ID and photograph, are harbingers = of environmental change, etc. etc., and that enjoying the great outdoors = is pleasurable to middle class people like myself. So how do you = justify/ explain their value in these terms to somebody whose livelihood = and that of their family depends on working in a pulp mill, or an open = pit mine, in NS, when there are no other jobs around, or engineering a = condo block on the Gulf Coast, or growing his meagre crop of wild rice = in Venezuela, etc. etc. - all of which are threats to the migratory = birds that nest here in NS? I ask this because I recently had a = conversation with someone who works in Brazil, and is a supporter of the = new president (who is a worse environmentalist than Trump), but who told = me that all his co-workers support him because he promises to improve = their standard of living, and the long term environment somewhere else = on the planet is not really relevant to their humdrum and poor quality = daily lives, --- and I couldn't think of any convincing answers. How do = others address this issue? =20 Richard =20 --=20 ################# Richard Stern,=20 Port Williams, NS, Canada sternrichard@gmail.com ################### ------=_NextPart_000_0091_01D525C7.AAAF9150 Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" = xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:m=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" = xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta = http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"><meta = name=3DGenerator content=3D"Microsoft Word 14 (filtered = medium)"><style><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Tahoma; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-priority:99; color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-reply; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;} @page WordSection1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} --></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults v:ext=3D"edit" spidmax=3D"1026" /> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext=3D"edit"> <o:idmap v:ext=3D"edit" data=3D"1" /> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=3DEN-CA link=3Dblue = vlink=3Dpurple><div class=3DWordSection1><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497= D'>My response to the =E2=80=9CWhat good are they?=E2=80=9D (They being = Atlantic Coastal plains flora.) was that you never know what sort of = medically beneficial chemicals are waiting to be discovered in some = plant species and that the rare lants around our lakes are a tourist = attraction.=C2=A0 (True, eh?) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p = class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497= D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497= D'>But I=E2=80=99m slow on the draw.=C2=A0 We do need to marshal more = arguments.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497= D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497= D'>Re. Brazil and Balsonaro, I cringe.=C2=A0 Then I listen to some of = the complaints some people in Canada make and boy, we may have problems, = some of =E2=80=98em serious, but we had better appreciate what we have = and we=E2=80=99d better not take it for granted.=C2=A0 A lot of us need = to look outside, and think.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p = class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497= D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span = lang=3DEN-US = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span>= </b><span lang=3DEN-US = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> = naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] = <b>On Behalf Of </b>Richard Stern<br><b>Sent:</b> June 18, 2019 11:02 = AM<br><b>To:</b> NatureNS<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NatureNS] Bird = Habitats<o:p></o:p></span></p><p = class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal>Preaching to the choir ......... I'm sure everyone in = this and similar groups already feel as I do, that habitat is vital to = migratory birds all along their migration route, and that I enjoy birds = because they're interesting, beautiful, challen