Why is less biodiversity considered bad?

Our survival depends on healthy ecosystems. Ecosystems provide services such as clean water, breathable air, resources and raw materials, food, pollination and even social and cultural identity, sense of place and recreation. Healthy ecosystems depend on biodiversity and we depend on healthy ecosystems. Imagine a web. read more

Biodiversity is a contraction of biological diversity. It reflects the number, variety and variability of living organisms and how these change from one location to another and over time. Biodiversity includes diversity within species (genetic diversity), between species (species diversity), and between ecosystems (ecosystem diversity). read more

Biodiversity is essential for the benefits the ecosystems can provide to humans and hence for human well-being. Its role goes beyond ensuring the availability of raw materials to include security, resiliency, social relations, health, and freedoms and choices. read more