BIODIVERSITY IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD CARE ABOUT

BEFORE IT BECOMES RARE


DEFINITION
Vast variety of life forms in the
entire Earth-encompassing all
kinds of life forms, from the
single-celled organisms to the
largest multi-celled organisms.
BIODIVERSITY
NUTRITIONAL
THREATS IMPORTANCE
IMPACT
Variability among living organisms Ensures the sustainable Many communities rely on
from all sources, including productivity of soils and provides Habitat loss natural products collected from
terrestrial, marine and other the genetic resources for all ecosystems for medicinal and
crops, livestock, and marine
and destruction cultural purposes, in addition to
aquatic ecosystems and the
ecological complexes of which species harvested for food. food.
they are part; this includes
diversity within species, between
species, and of ecosystems. The global need and demand for
Access to a sufficiency of a
Alterations in natural products persists for use
nutritious variety of food is a
ecosystem as medicinal products and
fundamental determinant of composition biomedical research that relies on
health.
plants, animals and microbes to
understand human physiology
and to understand and treat
human diseases.
Healthy local diets, with
adequate average levels of
nutrients intake, necessitates
Overexploitation
maintenance of high biodiversity
levels.
Pollution and
contamination
Global climate
change
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