RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 In Defense of the Nonnative: The Case of the Eucalyptus JF Landscape Journal FD University of Wisconsin Press SP 35 OP 50 DO 10.3368/lj.11.1.35 VO 11 IS 1 A1 Achva Benzinberg Stein A1 Jacqueline Claire Moxley YR 1992 UL http://lj.uwpress.org/content/11/1/35.abstract AB In the name of protection and preservation of native endangered species, programs to eliminate exotic species have been launched in many parts of the world. The policy of what to protect and how to eradicate is not based on purely scientific facts. The relationships people have built with the living world around them are often emotional and interwoven with their personal and collective experiences. It is worth preserving and enhancing exotics as well as protecting native species. The eucalypt in California is an example of the thesis that calls for preservation of nonnative species on cultural, economic, and ecological grounds.