Астрономия vs. насекомый жучок
Mar. 9th, 2009 02:17 amThe summit of Mauna Kea has been a celestial observatory since ancient times and is considered to be one of the best astronomical sites in the world. For this reason it is home to many of the world's leading astronomical observatories.
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Construction of telescopes on Mauna Kea has been a source of intense legal and political controversy in recent years. Due to the qualities listed above, it is a highly favored location and the summit area is now home to over a dozen telescopes. Native Hawaiians and environmental groups have protested that construction of additional telescopes would cause considerable environmental damage and further desecrate a site of great cultural importance. According to legend, the summit of Mauna Kea is the home of the snow goddess, Poliahu, and many other deities. It is also an important site for prayer, burials, consecration of children, and traditional celestial observation. In addition, the summit area is home to a unique insect, the wēkiu bug, which feeds on insects blown to the summit by updrafts. The insect itself is a major point of debate.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauna_Kea
The stability of wēkiu bug populations has been a matter of controversy. Development of the summit area of Mauna Kea for telescopes has adversely affected the ecology of the area, including compaction of the loose cinder and spills of chemicals used in maintaining the telescopes. Although the bugs inhabit other cones that are not being built on, hiking and other human activity can have a serious impact on them. An early wēkiu bug survey using lethal pitfall traps collected an unexpectedly large number of specimens, and was accused of depleting the population. Later surveys funded by telescope owners were alleged to have underplayed the impact of development on the bugs. Monitoring of the population, now using non-lethal trapping methods, is ongoing. One difficulty with using baited traps is the limited movement of individuals; a trap immediately adjacent to a melting snowpack may obtain several specimens, while one just a few feet away gets none.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wēkiu_bug
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Construction of telescopes on Mauna Kea has been a source of intense legal and political controversy in recent years. Due to the qualities listed above, it is a highly favored location and the summit area is now home to over a dozen telescopes. Native Hawaiians and environmental groups have protested that construction of additional telescopes would cause considerable environmental damage and further desecrate a site of great cultural importance. According to legend, the summit of Mauna Kea is the home of the snow goddess, Poliahu, and many other deities. It is also an important site for prayer, burials, consecration of children, and traditional celestial observation. In addition, the summit area is home to a unique insect, the wēkiu bug, which feeds on insects blown to the summit by updrafts. The insect itself is a major point of debate.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauna_Kea
The stability of wēkiu bug populations has been a matter of controversy. Development of the summit area of Mauna Kea for telescopes has adversely affected the ecology of the area, including compaction of the loose cinder and spills of chemicals used in maintaining the telescopes. Although the bugs inhabit other cones that are not being built on, hiking and other human activity can have a serious impact on them. An early wēkiu bug survey using lethal pitfall traps collected an unexpectedly large number of specimens, and was accused of depleting the population. Later surveys funded by telescope owners were alleged to have underplayed the impact of development on the bugs. Monitoring of the population, now using non-lethal trapping methods, is ongoing. One difficulty with using baited traps is the limited movement of individuals; a trap immediately adjacent to a melting snowpack may obtain several specimens, while one just a few feet away gets none.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wēkiu_bug
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Date: 2009-03-09 06:38 am (UTC)http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/publications/other/species-numbers/03-02-groups-invertebrates.html#insecta
‘Current evidence from the major museum collections of sorted and labeled insect species, whether described or undescribed, does not support larger estimates, and insect taxonomists broadly concur from this that although there may be up to five million species of insect in the world, there are probably less than 10 million (Nielsen and Mound 2000). In a recent review, May (2000) settled on a best guess of four million species.’
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Date: 2009-03-09 07:03 am (UTC)И то сказать, кабы мне пообещали построить обсерваторию вместо рощи у нас на задворках в Горьковском, я бы вряд ли обрадовался.
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Маловероятный вариант — что они не додумались :) Более вероятный — дорожат репутацией среди коллег, не разделяющих идей потеплизма и вообще "сторонящихся политики".
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Date: 2009-03-10 12:44 am (UTC)Хаоли интересно смотреть на галактики, камаайнам интересны жучки и традиционные обряды. Почему галактики важнее? Мне ответ не очевиден.
А если кто считает, что они все-таки важнее, то пусть платит владельцу собственности, как учит Рональд Коуз (вопрос, кто владелец, сам по себе тоже нетривиален)
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Date: 2009-03-10 01:54 am (UTC)В нетривиальности этого вопроса все и дело. Замечу, однако, что участники телескопно-насекомной войны, судя по всему, не рассматривают коллизию в терминах собственности...
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Date: 2009-03-10 02:59 am (UTC)http://www.economics.hawaii.edu/research/seminars/03-04/04_16_04.pdf
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Date: 2009-03-10 03:05 am (UTC)Насчет же "собственности у гавайцев" - к чему это? Мало ли как оно было устроено у предков нынешних гавайцев, сегодня-то гавайцы в своей реальной жизни вполне руководствуются теми же принципами собственности, что и их белые соседи. Поди, землю, дома, валенки и телевизоры так же покупают, счета в таких же банках держат. И ничего, не жалуются.
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Date: 2009-03-10 04:07 am (UTC)Наследники короля считают, что их кинули. Власти штата платят один доллар в год за пользование землей и считают, что они в своем праве . Жучки - это просто еще один аргумент в долгой тяжбе. Вот тут мнение королевского дома:
http://www.kahea.org/maunakea/pdf/2001_mk_the_temple_rookmkanaina.pdf
Как такой вопрос решать не политически я не знаю.
ЗЫ, землю на гаваях не покупают, а берут в ренту на 99 лет, которую можно продолжить по истечению срока. Не совсем, как на большой земле.
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Date: 2009-03-10 04:13 am (UTC)http://www.moolelo.com/maunakea-latimes.html
как видите, спор не вчерашний
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Date: 2009-03-10 02:42 am (UTC)До приезда европейцев на гаваях вообще не водилось ничего вредного для здоровья человека (кроме микробов и акул). То есть полная жуй-кокосы-ешь-бананы-чунгачанга была.
Потом приехали европейцы, навели шухеру, да еще и привезли скорпионов, многоножек, комаров, гоноррею и прочую гадость. Так, что отношение гавайцев к заморским диковинкам где-то можно понять.
Edit: Про войны я убрал, потому что выяснил, что объединение гаваев произошло уде после прихода европейцев. С датами у меня вечно проблемы.