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about the importance of 26th July &12thAugust and why should we conserve biodiversity

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Why Is Biodiversity Important? Who Cares?

Why Is Biodiversity Important? Who Cares?

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by Anup Shah

This Page Last Updated Sunday, January 19, 2014

At least 40 per cent of the world’s economy and 80 per cent of the needs of the poor are derived from biological resources. In addition, the richer the diversity of life, the greater the opportunity for medical discoveries, economic development, and adaptive responses to such new challenges as climate change.

The Convention about Life on Earth, Convention on Biodiversity web site.

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What is Biodiversity?

Why is Biodiversity Important?

A healthy biodiversity offers many natural services

Species depend on each other

Soil, bacteria, plants; the Nitrogen Cycle

Bees: crucial agricultural workers

Interdependent marine ecosystem

Large carnivores essential for healthy ecosystems

Interdependency vs Human Intervention

Biodiversity providing lessons for scientists in engineering

More important than human use or biological interest

Putting an economic value on biodiversity

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What is Biodiversity?

The variety of life on Earth, its biological diversity is commonly referred to as biodiversity.

The number of species of plants, animals, and microorganisms, the enormous diversity of genes in these species, the different ecosystems on the planet, such as deserts, rainforests and coral reefs are all part of a biologically diverse Earth.

Appropriate conservation and sustainable development strategies attempt to recognize this as being integral to any approach to preserving biodiversity. Almost all cultures have their roots in our biological diversity in some way or form.

Declining biodiversity is therefore a concern for many reasons.


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