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What is the importance of biodiversity?

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Biodiversity is the amount of variety of life on Earth. It is the number of different species of plants, animals, and microorganisms. It includes organisms from Earth's vastly different ecosystems, including deserts, rainforests, coral reefs, grasslands, tundra, and polar ice caps. read more

Biodiversity is important, more than just the 'I want my children to enjoy it' reason. For example, the richness of diversity allows medicines and foods to be naturally available. The natural disaster prevention mechanisms in most ecosystems and other free services we all get from the surrounding environment are not easily replaceable or replicable, so maintaining biodiversity is important. read more

The role of biodiversity in the following areas will help make clear the importance of biodiversity in human life: Biodiversity and food: 80% of human food supply comes from 20 kinds of plants. But humans use 40,000 species for food, clothing and shelter. read more

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