Environmental Issue and "Island Civilization"

                As decades go by, extinction is becoming a larger and larger issue.  As houses, schools, stores, and office buildings are built, animal habitats and plants are eradicated.  Oftentimes, species are overhunted without hunters even knowing the species is struggling.  The introduction of non-native species is also proven to be destructive.  For example, the infamous vine, Kudzu, was brought from Asia to the United States in 1876.  It grows on trees and bushes until its leaves block out sunlight and oxygen to the host, essentially killing it.  This vine grows extremely vast in the South East and is difficult to get rid of. 

                Roderick Frazier Nash’s “Island Civilization” idea could potentially solve many of these problems. If humans isolated themselves in the way Nash proposes, animals and plants could live freely in their habitats, away from human impact.  Also, since the population of humans would be dramatically reduced by then next millennium, the resources that are needed from the wilderness would be much less than that of today.  This future diversity would allow us to achieve more medical advances, as a large percentage of plants are yet to be studied. 

 http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/07/060705172308.htm