Debugging real situations is also hard
January 19th, 2009
Removing cats to protect birds backfires on island
“The unintended consequences of the cat-removal project show the dangers of meddling with an ecosystem — even with the best of intentions, the study said.
‘The lessons for conservation agencies globally is that interventions should be comprehensive, and include risk assessments to explicitly consider and plan for indirect effects, or face substantial subsequent costs,’ Bergstrom said.”
