[wild flower]

I disagree with this approach to 'conservation'. It is dangerous because it promotes a short-term, quick fix mentality and I suspect it is only a matter of time before we are justifying destroying remaining ecosystems (over and above what we are already doing) in the name of conservation.

This is not conservation. An entire ecosystem will be destroyed to save an economic commodity.

No doubt, we will soon see this approach used to save the native crayfish and we will be poisoning rivers to destroy american signals.

I totally understand the need to do something and agree that something should be done- but poison will wipe out fish, insects and is also toxic, albeit mildly, to mammals. There must be another way?