The Race to Save the World's Rarest Bird: The Discovery and Death of the Po'ouli

[摘要] The final two chapters, “Knowledge and Hope” and “A Forest Bird's Echo,” are retrospectives that include thoughts by several people on why recovery efforts failed. Some believed that there never really was much chance of success, and most agreed that more decisive action was needed at an earlier stage. Several people suggested that the reluctance to undertake more hands-on management actions was caused by fear—fear of risk, and fear of blame in case of failure. Lack of consensus on risky actions can increase the fear of blame, resulting in no action, which ultimately may incur the most risk of all, and that is perhaps the most important lesson of the Po'ouli.

[学科分类] 动物科学