Purpose of Reserves
Often reserves (or protected areas) are created with the intent of protecting a flagship species, usually "charismatic macrofauna" that are well known to the public (such as the Bengal tiger or giant panda). Other times they are created in the interest of protecting biodiversity. Ecological communities that are at high risk and are considered irreplaceable are often selected to be preserved as well.
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Famous quotes containing the words purpose of, purpose and/or reserves:
“Culture is the tacit agreement to let the means of subsistence disappear behind the purpose of existence. Civilization is the subordination of the latter to the former.”
—Karl Kraus (1874–1936)
“Man, her last work, who seemed so fair,
Such splendid purpose in his eyes,
Who rolled the psalm to wintry skies,
Who built him fanes of fruitless prayer,
Who trusted God was love indeed
And love Creation’s final law—
Though Nature, red in tooth and claw
With ravine, shrieked against his creed—”
—Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)
“...I want to see a film, they send the Israeli army reserves to escort me! What kind of life is this?”
—Golda Meir (1898–1978)