In this article the author talks about how many endangered species aren't being prioritized since there not "valuable" enough. Despite the number of endangered species, some of these species are deemed not valuable enough. Politicians and Regulators valued the economy more than the planet therefore scientist acknowledged the need for a triage. New Zealand Department of Conservaion used this process and found that actions that were cheapest were most likely to succeed and could save half again as many plants and animals from extinction with same amount of money. In effort to refine concept, people developed Marxan, a software program this maximizes effectiveness of conservation reserves by considering the presence of endemic species and level of consideration threats. Today, triage is the most provocative ideas in conservation.