Belonging Together In Nature

  http://blog.culturalecology.info/2021/05/04/biosphere-ecoscopes-for-transformative-learning/ Ecoscopes An ecoscope is the extent of the biosphere that local conservation management deals with or to which it is relevant.  In other words, an ecoscope is a position or perspective from which a part of the biosphere is considered or evaluated.  An ecoscope allows the observer an exceedingly close view of the structures of the biosphere (habitats, ecosystems and species) at a scale convenient for examination and analysis required to make a conservation management system. Here are some examples of places for making ecoscopes. 1 Wandsworth Common, London . The common is classed as a site of borough importance grade 1 for nature conservation. It has nine different ecological habitats, including the pond and lakes, amphibian wetland, grassland, including acid grassland, meadows and woodland (Fig 6). Only native trees are planted today.  Management of the common is a balanc...