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How Biodiversity is Being Affected and Possible Effects on our Environment…
How Biodiversity is Being Affected and Possible Effects on our Environment and Human Livelihood
Danger to Agriculture
Decrease in drug production due to the loss of plants
Loss of $14 billion dollar contribution to the economy and $40 billion worldwide
50,000-70,000 estimated plants are used for commercial medical use
Possible decrease in ultimate human health
Possible increase in crime rates due to drug rarity and dependency
Use of synthetic sources to create drugs can increase environmental problems further
Decrease in nutritional value of our food and resources
Most commonly, plants are endangered because of a lack of organisms that help it grow, or an abundance of those that prey on it
Impacts on Crops
Higher CO2 affects crop yields
Changed temperature and precipitation can prevent crops from growing
Impact on Livestock
Change in climate
Terrestrial biodiversity largely affected by climate variability, like extreme weather that influences the ecosystem
An impairment in oceans capacity to supply resources, foods sources, and water quality
Things like pteropods may seem insignificant to humans, but they feed our food from the ocean, making it then dangerous for us. This is only one example of an organism that seems unimportant yet still is.
Animal Extinction and Species Loss
Extinction can occur due to a loss of prey or increase in predators, causing a domino effect, slowly leading to a decrease in biodiversity
This loss or gain of prey or predator (depending on the species) is often due to hunting, loss or destruction of habitat, and further loss or increase of predator or prey.
Increase in disease
Due to increase in some organism population and decrease of others. Patterns of diseases are sensitive to disturbances
To take a different view, the dilution effect occurs when there is a richness in biodiversity because the disease that is affecting a group of organisms dilutes as it spreads because each organism is unique
Note: a lack of biodiversity can lead to a species evolving in a negative manner and obtaining negative traits (similar to an incestual relationship). Diseases and disabilities can spread quickly due to increased likenesses which can have a devastating effect.
Note: Such research suggested that loss of certain life forms could substantially alter the structure and functioning of whole ecosystems
Species Health
Affects of marine biodiversity in large part coming from ocean acidification
Species health declines due to a lack of resources and possibility for disease to run rampant