Biodiversity in simple words, means the vast variety of plant and animal life including microorganisms existing in any region. Civilization of humans, unplanned urbanization and industrialization has degraded the environment. Consequently the existence of many plants and animal species including humans has...
many jobs and livelihoods depend on ecosystems and biodiversity. In a companion article, I’ve writtenabout the importance of biodiversity: how humans rely on biodiversity and ecosystems for the food we consume, for medicines we use to improve our health, for materials we need to make clothes, ...
These reduced and simple definitions, which embrace many different parameters, have been much elaborated and debated in the last three decades (seeSection on Definition of Biodiversity); on this definition hangs the outcome of important scientific considerations, international agreements, conventions, conse...
The BII score in the year 2000 is about 84%: in other words, averaged across all plant and vertebrate species in the region, populations have declined to 84% of their presumed pre-modern levels. The taxonomic group with the greatest loss is mammals, at 71% of pre-modern levels, and ...
In conclusion, biodiversity is important for the survival and well-being of all living things, including humans. It is important that we must take actions to protect it for ourselves and for our future generations. 1. We can know from the passage that___. A.humans...
Solvay is working with the Wildlife Habitat Council to analyze the results from the integrated assessments from biodiversity assessment to methodology assessment developed by the United Nations. Could you in simple words, to a non-professional maybe, audience why such assessments are essential for progr...
In other words, for a given biodiversity impact, the (pre-blending) risk-return tradeoff needs to meet a certain threshold for blended finance to be effective in “pushing” it to a level that would be attractive to private investors. Moreover, these findings indicate that private capital (...
While the models explained some of the variance in behaviour and policy support, considerable variance was not accounted for, particularly for public-sphere behaviour. This is unsurprising, given that simple behavioural models do not account for the wide variety of contextual, psychological, and socia...
Chapter 10 Biodiversity and Spiritual Well-being Katherine N. Irvine, Dusty Hoesly, Rebecca Bell-Williams, and Sara L. Warber Abstract Among government agencies, practitioners and researchers there is growing interest in the potential of natural environments for human health and ...
aRecreational activities and study do not contradict each other; in fact, they complement each other. As the saying goes, "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." A life burdened with study and work leads you nowhere, for you would get tired and bored with your daily routine work...