Abstract
Abstract
High biodiversity tends to lead the public, including experts, towards one definite direction, namely conservation. Then came the idea of the need to identify areas with high biodiversity for conservation. Furthermore, any area with high biodiversity must be conserved and should not be cleared for cultivation. However, after being protected, how to use high biodiversity for public welfare is not done immediately, even never. In fact, many conservation areas have been damaged, even some conservation areas have undergone a total change in function. Using the same logic, cultivation is directed to areas with low biodiversity, unless the area has been designated as a conservation area. Once designated as a conservation area, whatever the circumstances, the status of the conservation area must be maintained as a conservation area. Based on the literature survey and its synthesis, this paper discusses the weaknesses and dangers of such a logic line. We need to understand biodiversity from different perspectives with different implications as well. High biodiversity does not necessarily lead merely to conservation, but can also lead to cultivation. Conversely, low biodiversity does not always have to lead to cultivation, but in certain cases it must be directed to conservation.