Thursday, March 21, 2013
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. In some way or form, almost all cultures have recognized the importance of nature and its biological diversity for their societies and have therefore understood the need to maintain it. Yet, power, greed and politics have affected the precarious balance. http://www.globalissues.org/issue/168/environmental-issues
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My comment would be that keeping other species in the wild-life are of high importance to the environment. The more species, the better, bio-diversity is a major ideal that needs to be respected in all aspects; humans aren’t the only species that need this earth.
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