[Taxacom] Biodiversity washes whiter

[Jim Croft]

As Bob mentioned, biodiversity bureaucrats and politicians have been
dining out on this story for years - they are still doing it.  The
first time I heard it I thought that it was so poignant tragi-comic I
just wanted it to be true - a fairly good sign that it might be a
yarn, apocryphal or an urban legend.  Non of them ever referenced or
presented the original report, so perhaps it really is a good
candidate for http://www.snopes.com/.

jim

On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Geoff Read <gread at actrix.gen.nz> wrote:
> Well here are real, authenticated, & current-day survey results on the European public
> understanding of biodiversity, and they are about what might be expected. Washing powder
> is not mentioned.
>
> "Most Europeans See Biodiversity Loss as Serious Problem
> "Majority make some effort to preserve biodiversity
>
> http://www.gallup.com/poll/139319/Europeans-Biodiversity-Loss-Serious-Problem.aspx
>
> I still quite like to call it 'nature' myself, and once we had nature reserves. One hopes no one
> would think 'nature' was a washing powder, but you never know now that businesses
> appropriate common words for brands as if they invented them. So maybe there *will* be a
> biodiversity laundry detergent.
>
> Doing 'nature study' was an uncool thing even when I was a lad, but biodiversity studies is
> sooooo much more sophisticated & worthy.
>
> Geoff
>
> On 26 Oct 2010 at 9:30, Bob Mesibov wrote:
>
>> Geoff Read wrote:
>>
>> "Please tell me what survey, where?"
>>
>> I first read the 'biodiversity... is a laundry detergent' response from a survey reported 10+ years ago by Andreas Glanzing from Australia's Community Biodiversity Network. I can't recall whether it was a CBN-sponsored survey in Australia, or a survey done elsewhere and simply quoted by CBN.
>
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