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This 12 page paper explains biodversity and its importance. Furthermore, this paper examins current threats to species, discusses environmental justice, reviews the environmental problems in developing nations, and more. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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This of course, affects the biodiversity of the planet, which in turn has a plethora of environmental implications with potentially disastrous ramifications.
Biological diversity, or "biodiversity," refers to the variety of all life on earth, and the complex relationships among living things, and between living things and their
environment. Biodiversity includes genetic variety, species diversity, and variability in communities, ecosystems and landscapes (Biodiversity, 2003).
While extinction is a part of nature, our planet is now experiencing rates of extinction which outpace nature by about 10,000 times (Threats to Biodiversity, 2003).
For example, it is "typical" for about "nine percent of species become extinct every million years or so, a rate that works out to between one and five species per
year" (Threats to Biodiversity, 2003). We all know about the dinosaurs becoming extinct which was indeed a natural consequence of natural selection. In todays world however, there are
literally dozens of species which are becoming extinct on a daily basis, which in turn translates to up to 25,000 per year (Threats to Biodiversity, 2003). This goes far
beyond the "natural" extinction process and is a direct result of mankind and his abuses of the environment. The problem
this generates is that natural evolution will not be able to replace these species and will not be able to rebuild the ecosystems which are being lost (Threats to Biodiversity,
2003). Therefore, once many of these species are gone, they are forever gone. In other words, biodiversity is so important because it sustains the environments of the world
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