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Talunderlag Till Lena Sommestad Vid Återplantering Av En Av Linnés Askar Vid Linnés Hammarby Torsdagen Den 13 Maj 2004 1 Talunderlag till Lena Sommestad vid återplantering av en av Linnés askar vid Linnés Hammarby torsdagen den 13 maj 2004 Mina damer och herrar! Linnévänner! Miljövänner! Jag är mycket glad över att ha blivit inbjuden hit idag och fått äran att en av återplantera Carl von Linnés askar här vi hans älskade sommarställe Hammarby. Linnés ursprungliga askar stod vid en grind här i närheten som vette mot Edeby. Träden sågades ner 1983 då de ansågs vara en trafikfara. Deras historiska värde kände man tyvärr då inte till. Därför är det en historisk återplanering som sker här idag. Samtidigt går startskottet för projektet Linnés Historiska Landskap, vars mål är att, för dagens människor, uppmärksamma och utveckla åskådliggöra det historiska landskap som Linné verkade i under sin tid i Uppsala. Carl von Linné öppnade våra ögon – ja, alla våra sinnen – för naturens rikedom. All den skönhet, prakt och mångfald som naturen omkring oss rymmer har Linné hjälpt oss att lära känna, uppleva och förundras över. Carl von Linné är vårt lands mest kände vetenskapsman. Han var – vill jag hävda – vår förste miljöforskare. Han var botanist. Men inte bara botanist. Han var även läkare och utnämndes till medicinprofessor här i Uppsala 1741. Botanist och läkare. Jag tror att det var en utmärkt kombination. Carl von Linné förstod vad en rik och ren natur betyder för människornas välbefinnande. Det vill säga de samband som vi i dagens miljö- och hållbarhetsdebatt talar så mycket om och betonar: Sambandet mellan en ren och rik miljö och människors hälsa. Carl von Linnés största intresse var att studera naturen – med dess mångfald av växter, djur och livsformer. Han såg som sin uppgift – ja, sin livsuppgift – att beskriva, systematisera, klassificera och sätta namn på alla de olika växter han upptäckte och kartlade. Det var en livsuppgift som han tog på sig med stort engagemang, stor entusiasm och brinnande glöd. Han var vår förste ekolog – som såg helheten, de sammansatta mönstren, de unika livsformernas samspel i naturen. Carl von Linnés smittande entusiasm gav ringar på vattnet. Hans lärorika utomhusföreläsningar här vid Hammarbygården och på andra ställen väckte stort 2 intresse och samlade stora skaror av dåtidens studenter. Han fick många lärljungar. Genom åren vallfärdade många utländska studenter och forskare till Linné. Tillsammans med dem gav sig Linné ut på oräkneliga forskningsresor – i Sverige och utomlands - för att nyupptäcka, kartlägga och systematisera. Hans internationella namngivningssystem var banbrytande och i många stycken fortfarande giltigt. De många verk han publicerade har blivit botaniska och ekologiska klassiker: Systema Naturae, Fundamenta Botanica, Flora Lapponia, Flora Svecica, Fauna Svecica, Philosophia Botanica… Med stor hjälp av Carl von Linné kände dåtidens – 1700-talets - vetenskap till cirka 20 000 arter. Idag känner vi till ungefär 1 750 000 arter! Utvecklingen, den vetenskapliga forskningen, har naturligtvis gått framåt sedan Linnés dagar. Dagens Carl von Linné här i Sverige – ja, här i Uppsala - heter ArtDatabanken. ArtDatabanken arbetar just med kunskapen om den biologiska mångfalden i Sverige. I arbetsuppgifterna ingår att insamla, utvärdera och lagra den viktigaste informationen om hotade och missgynnade växter, svampar och djur, bedöma graden och typen av hot och sammanställa s.k. rödlistor. Det är således ett arbete helt i Carl von Linnés anda. Och bara för ett par år sedan fick ArtDatabanken uppdraget av regeringen och riksdagen att skapa ett nationellt referensverk som beskriver alla svenska djur, växter och svampar: ”Nationalnyckeln till Sveriges flora och fauna”. Det vill säga en modern version av Linnés klassiska verk Flora Svecica och Fauna Svecica! Carl von Linné lärde oss att se de säregna och unika arterna och deras mångfald. Vi måste dra lärdom av hans vetgirighet, hans drivkraft, hans engagemang. Men frågan är om vi gjort det under det gångna seklet. Den biologiska mångfalden är hotad globalt. Det sker idag en dramatisk förlust av biologisk mångfald i olika delar av världen, inte minst i Europa. Ofta som en direkt effekt av i-ländernas sätt att leva och organisera samhället. Så vi har ett stort ansvar och ett tungt dagsverke framför oss för att säkerställa den biologiska mångfalden. 3 Vårt mål är att vi ska stoppa förlusten av biologisk mångfald till 2010. Vi har en bit kvar om vi ska nå det målet. Därför arbetar vi just nu med att förstärka och utveckla de nationella målen för biologisk mångfald med hjälp av arbetet med ett nytt 16:e miljökvalitetsmål om biologisk mångfald. Vi ska vårda Carl von Linnés arv. Det är så viktigt att vi gör det. Vi har alla så mycket att tacka honom för. Vi som är miljöpolitiker idag, alla de som forskar på de här områdena – biologer, botaniker, zoologer, limnologer, ekologer. Ja, alla som älskar naturen har Carl von Linné att tacka för så mycket. Och vi är många. Carl von Linné livsverk sådde en lärdom hos oss. Låt oss symboliskt och praktiskt/politiskt visa att hans sådd slagit rot genom att återplantera Carl von Linnés askar här på hans vackra Hammarby-gård. För oss som lever idag, men också – och inte minst - för kommande generationer. Därför är det med stor glädje och ödmjukhet jag nu återplanterar denna ask. Linnés Historiska Landskap ska leva vidare och utvecklas! Tack! .
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