[Taxacom] Biodiversity washes whiter

[Stephen Thorpe]

So you were a naturalist, eh, Geoff? No ambiguity or possibility for 
misinterpretation there ... :)




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From: Geoff Read <gread at actrix.gen.nz>
To: Bob Mesibov <mesibov at southcom.com.au>
Cc: TAXACOM <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
Sent: Tue, 26 October, 2010 6:08:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Biodiversity washes whiter

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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