Almost all these hotspots around the world, most have been destroyed to the point where there is no wildlife and very little of the natural world left.
The other thing is quality of life; if you have a place where you can go and have a picnic with your family, it doesn't matter if it's a recession or not, you can include that in your quality of life.
The most powerful argument of all for saving open space is economics; in most states, tourism is the number two industry.
Our challenge for the future is that we realize we are very much a part of the earth's ecosystem, and we must learn to respect and live according to the basic biological laws of nature.
The quicker we humans learn that saving open space and wildlife is critical to our welfare and quality of life, maybe we'll start thinking of doing something about it.
There's no denying that television is one of the most powerful propaganda media we've ever invented.
My father being an outdoors person, he used to take us on quite a few adventures thorugh the wild areas down there, introducing us to alligators and rattlesnakes and all the trees and plants.
Everybody has a camcorder now, and they exploit these incidents and blow them all out of proportion.