Consider the steady destruction of the great Amazon Rain Forest. Think about a logging company sawing down a mighty redwood. No money, no power, no fame can replace something in our environment once it is destroyed. Once these are gone, they are gone forever. Nothing can bring back the blue crabs once their gone.
Nothing can bring back rockfish once their gone.
Nothing can bring back the oyster population once it's gone. Unfortunately, we live in a throw-away society. That approach has even impacted how we deal with our older communities and neighborhoods. We see cities like Silver Spring and areas like West Baltimore being abandoned thrown away as newer communities spring up further out. We really ought to be good stewards of nature.