Biodiversity
We can no longer see the continued loss of biodiversity as an issue separate from the core concerns of society: to tackle poverty, to improve the health, prosperity and security of present and future generations, and to deal with climate change. Each of those objectives is undermined by current trends in the state of our ecosystems, and each will be greatly strengthened if we finally give biodiversity the priority it deserves.
The Majesty of Life
When we say we want to save the planet, we use the word "biodiversity" to encompass this entire concept - which, granted, is a big one.
Biodiversity: Life, the world, the variation of life for the entire globe.
It’s a big idea with a long history.
Biodiversity found on Earth today consists of many millions of distinct biological species, the product of four billion years of evolution.
But the word “Biodiversity” itself is actually quite new.
"Biodiversity" was coined as a contraction of "biological diversity" in 1985.
Clever eh?
And as politicians, scientists, and conservationists became more interested in the state of the planet and the amazing complexity of life we became quite attached to this new word.
And why were we talking so much about Biodiversity?
Simple.
The world has begun, relatively recently, to lose species and habitats at an ever-increasing and alarming rate.
Why?
BECAUSE OF US.
How many species are we losing? Well... this is the million dollar question.
And one that’s very hard to answer.
Firstly, we don’t know exactly what’s out there.
It’s a big complex world and we discover new species to science all the time.
"Scientists were startled in 1980 by the discovery of a tremendous diversity of insects in tropical forests. In one study of just 19 trees in Panama, 80% of the 1,200 beetle species discovered were previously unknown to science... Surprisingly, scientists have a better understanding of how many stars there are in the galaxy than how
The Majesty of Life
When we say we want to save the planet, we use the word "biodiversity" to encompass this entire concept - which, granted, is a big one.
Biodiversity: Life, the world, the variation of life for the entire globe.
It’s a big idea with a long history.
Biodiversity found on Earth today consists of many millions of distinct biological species, the product of four billion years of evolution.
But the word “Biodiversity” itself is actually quite new.
"Biodiversity" was coined as a contraction of "biological diversity" in 1985.
Clever eh?
And as politicians, scientists, and conservationists became more interested in the state of the planet and the amazing complexity of life we became quite attached to this new word.
And why were we talking so much about Biodiversity?
Simple.
The world has begun, relatively recently, to lose species and habitats at an ever-increasing and alarming rate.
Why?
BECAUSE OF US.
How many species are we losing? Well... this is the million dollar question.
And one that’s very hard to answer.
Firstly, we don’t know exactly what’s out there.
It’s a big complex world and we discover new species to science all the time.
"Scientists were startled in 1980 by the discovery of a tremendous diversity of insects in tropical forests. In one study of just 19 trees in Panama, 80% of the 1,200 beetle species discovered were previously unknown to science... Surprisingly, scientists have a better understanding of how many stars there are in the galaxy than how