Europeans introduced not only culturally valued species of flora and fauna from their homelands, but also innumerable invaders that accidentally caused severe damage to the indigenous ecosystems. Many fragile, insular environments in the South Pacific region were transformed and degraded by this blending of the world’s biota.
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Further Readings:
- Griffiths, Tom, and Libby Robin, eds. Ecology and Empire: Environmental History of Settler Societies. Edinburgh: Keele University Press, 1997.
- McNeill, John R., ed. Environmental History in the Pacific World. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2001.
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