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Biodiversity Crisis - Coggle Diagram
Biodiversity Crisis
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WHY DOES IT MATTER?
Ecosystem Services
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estimated annual values of 17 ecosystem services ~ $46 trillion (more than all national economies combined)
according to UNEP, Biodiversity:
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Tourism & Recreation
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ecotourism - great revenue in Costa Rica (rainforest), Australia (Coral Barrier Reef), Kenya and Tanzania (savana)
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CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
= scientific study of nature & biodiversity with the aim of protecting species, their habitats, ecosystems and ecological processes
restore habitats, support legislations and law enforcement
Ethical Obligations
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what we do should not and must not compromise the planet's ability to home, and support other species
they have as much right, if not more to live
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CONCLUSIONS
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biodiversity loss matters, our wellbeing and livelihood depends entirely on it
- consequences of our impacts circle back to us
(need to reflect on our ethics and morals)
Scientific data confirms that biological diversity is rapidly disappearing in our lifetime
- the 6th mass extinction - entirely anthropogenic
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BIODIVERSITY
Intro
a measure of ecosystem health: generally,
greater biodiversity = greater health
ecosystems with greater biodiversity are stabler, and are able to persist through disturbances, and changes. aka more RESILIENT
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= degree of variation of life forms within a given ecosystem, biome or the entire planet (described at different scales)
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