The State Department of Fish and Game has just revealed its latest version of its online BioMap in order to ensure that largely private efforts to set aside land do the most public good. The map is providing a framework for protection and stewardship of those lands and waters that are most important for conserving biological diversity with the climate change and suburbanization that are built into the state’s biological future. Those who do the land conservation are those who are part of a town or a regional or state-level agency. The BioMap will suggest what lands you should acquire. This is an example of direct government because it is a direct provision of services by a government agency. Government has a direct relationship with consumers of its goods and services.
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/05/mapping-ecosystems-the-better-to-conserve-them/?ref=science
Kilee Imlay
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This is a great step to addressing of biodiversity loss problem. Direct government is an obvious tool i this situation and this is a great demonstration of it. These maps will allow us to better understand which areas of land hold greater importance to us and will make all the difference in making our choices of which areas to better conserve. Biodiversity loss is a problem that needs to be addressed and I think that using direct the government tool in this way is a great start.
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