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Paul has emphasised how difficult conservation is for archaeologists. We tend to see all of nature as a cultural artefact and this makes it difficult to see any development or change as intrinsically better/preferable to another. This includes loss of species or introduction of species or, for example, the change of an essentially rural, intimate landscape to a transport corridor with warehouses, car parks and filling stations. However, as Paul states it is the rate of change that is important. As a profession we have been charged to conserve some of the past for the future and as individuals to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and loss of biodiversity. I can only emphasise what Paul has said. When the next round of road developments is announced, as it surely will be, archaeologists must play their part in awaking the public and decisionmakers to exactly what is being lost and in stressing the value of the loss. |
