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What are the two main reasons why there are so many endangered species in Hawaii?
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∙ 14y ago
It would be convenient to blame it all on some convenient scapegoat like the wealthy planters who exploited much from the Islands. It was not a paradise on earth when Captain Cook arrived. Niihau for example: Cook reported it to be treeless, arid and unoccupied in 1788. Thanks to Elizabeth Sinclair and her heirs it is no longer a waste land. It is the haven for many of the flora and fauna that are already extinct on other islands. Imported big game animals generate income from hunting that support their private conservation efforts.
Kaho'olawe was a Navy bombing and gunfire range for 50 years and hardly a blade of grass existed when it was returned to the State in 1994. It may become a safe haven for many species but for safety from unexploded ordnance it is unlikely that it will ever be fit for human habitation.
Kauai is a nightmare with enough feral chickens to fill every pot on the islands and they were not brought to the islands by wealthy planters but by the first Polynesians.
Lana'i was a single 140 square mile pineapple farm, where with the exception of the flowers and ornamentals around the Corporate Headquarters, nothing else was grown.
Yes, man made ecological mistakes by diverting water from the rain forests for farm crops, and has destroyed habitat building resorts where they are convenient for the tourist. Perhaps paradise isn't lost and some effort is being made to save it from the certain extinction it was facing only twenty years ago.
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