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The Importance Of Biodiversity
from:There is no question as toe of biodiversity the importance of biodiversity. Without it, we would be much poorer in many ways.
While overwhelming, the question of the importance of can be brought into focus by looking at how we value people. Supposed a beloved relative or friend moves or dies. We look at the hole left in our lives by their passing, and reflect on the ways they enriched our lives. We look at what they valued, and possibly decide to adopt some of their values, but primarily, we reflect on how much we have lost by their not being there any more. In short, to quote an old Joni Mitchell song, “Big Yellow Taxi,” “Don't it always seem to go/You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone./They paved Paradise and put up a parking lot.”
There are very few people who don't believe in the importance of biodiversity, but most of them are not conscious of what they can do on an individual level to help preserve it. While governments and societies dither about what to sane, what to fix, and what to allocate money, time and effort to, the devastation continues at an alarming rate. Entire species are becoming extinct at rates never seen before. Rivers, lakes, and even oceans are becoming more shallow, or drying up entirely, changing the entire ecosphere and endangering the lives we are accustomed to leading.
In fact, as a society, we are ignoring the importance of biodiversity. We destroy animal and plant species before discovering new ones. We deforest acres of land, without studying them first to see what, other than “trees” is there. Other than crop rotation, we take no note of how removing diverse plant life from an area depletes the soil and water of a region. And we do all of this faster than nature can remedy the damage. Further, we don't worry about what we have done until it is too late, the resources are gone, and replacing them would carry an astronomical cost.
Plants that provide medicines and animals that provide foods are vanishing, only to be replaced by scrub and vermin, creating devastating epidemics. Ingestion or absorption of contaminants make these vermin resistant to medical intervention, thereby making it even more difficult to cure or control the diseases being spread. Further, these more resistant germs are crossing from species to species, and, like bird flu, making the jump to humans.
This is just one example of how the importance of biodiversity (and the preservation thereof) is relevant to human survival. The internet is full of organizations dedicated to educating people, businesses and governments about the importance of biodiversity, and it behooves us to do so before we have lost much of what makes life precious to us.
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Mountain Mourning: Appalachian Women Lead Dramatic Protest Against Mountaintop ... - Huffington Post
 HNN Huntingtonnews.net | Mountain Mourning: Appalachian Women Lead Dramatic Protest Against Mountaintop ... Huffington Post I am convinced that if a value were put on the diverse vegetation that grows in our mountains it would far outweigh the coal that lies within them. We have a biodiversity only second to the Rain Forests and it's being destroyed. Appalachian Women Lead Dramatic Protest Against Mountaintop Removal: Interview ... |
Mountains and oceans: sustaining life on earth - Pakistan Daily Times
 Zee News | Mountains and oceans: sustaining life on earth Pakistan Daily Times This year, the conservation community's decision to focus on marine biodiversity as a theme for the day has given me an opportunity to reflect on the inherent, yet often overlooked, bond between mountains and oceans. An anonymous author once said that ... Biodiversity: we must take action now |
Top 10 new species list draws attention to diverse biosphere - Phys.Org
 Mother Nature Network | Top 10 new species list draws attention to diverse biosphere Phys.Org The species holds a new record as the largest millipede (16 centimeters or about 6.3 inches) found in one of the world's biodiversity hotspots, Tanzania's Eastern Arc Mountains. The new species is about 1.5 centimeter (0.6 inch) in diameter with 56 ... Sneezing monkey, SpongeBob mushroom top new species list Top 10 new species of 2011 named by conservation group Sneezing monkey highlights new species list |
Mountain lion shot as habitat problem persists for the regional big cat population - 89.3 KPCC (blog)
 89.3 KPCC (blog) | Mountain lion shot as habitat problem persists for the regional big cat population 89.3 KPCC (blog) If the Southern California [sic] were a State, mountain lions there might be on the endangered species list, as they are in Florida. KCET's Zach Behrens has written the most frequently and deeply on the subject of biodiversity and wildlife corridors, ... |
Biodiversity: Report touts Endangered Species Act wins - Summit County Citizens Voice
Biodiversity: Report touts Endangered Species Act wins Summit County Citizens Voice The review examined population trends of plants and animals protected by the Endangered Species Act in all 50 states, including gray wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains, Florida panthers, Aleutian Canada geese and California condors. |