The natural balance...

The natural balance...

Yesterday we were out fishing the whole afternoon and evening. It was a beautiful - and windy - evening. There was a big area of the forest by the lake that had been destroyed by a wildfire. However, this kind of change is a natural part of many ecosystems, compared to how we humans are annihilating the forests. After a wildfire (whatever the cause of it) the nutrients will go back into the ground very fast and I guess this forest will be just fine in the future. Besides, in boreal forests and other drier forest types many organisms are adapted to withstand - or even profit from - the effects of wildfires.

Of course there can be big consequences for an ecosystem when there has been a large fire, at least in short terms, and especially when there is human causes to the fire. If the affected ecosystem is already weakened by human involvement the consequences can be thought to be even bigger. But... as long as humanity is not disturbing the natural balance - nature tend to look after itself perfectly.

It is said that humanity is the biggest natural disaster that the Earth has experienced...

I find it strange, because we humans are a product of nature too, still much of what we do is harming and hurting our planet and the other living beings that we share it with. Where is the line between natural and unnatural? When and why did things go wrong? That is a question that echoes in my mind every now and then. I hate to see us in war with our own mother... When did we decide to live against nature rather than with it? Have we ever decided that or has things just got out of hands because we're not aware and conscious enough? Can we set things straight and get back to living with nature?

I hope so, I really do hope so...



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Postat av: Evelina

Wonderful pictures!!:)

2008-08-20 @ 11:27:21
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