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    Biodiversity is a balance critical to the ecosystem. The controversy of predator decline regards the decline of predators who help the ecosystem by eating the prey. The opposition issue is that the predators were attacking civilians and eating rancher’s livestock and decreasing the economy of the wool and meat industry. In any given piece of land, there are multiple species of producers, prey, and predators. Producers are primarily forage plants such as grass, clovers, and berries that grow in the

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    call Development. However, such a development makes the degradation of natural resources increasingly fast, making it imperative and necessary to establish conservation-oriented guidelines, since biodiversity is of the utmost importance for the functioning of the ecosystem.  BIODIVERSITY Biodiversity or biological diversity is a term used very well to describe the richness and variety of all living things in the world; from plants and animals to microorganisms and beings a thousand times more complex

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    all ecosystems are different. Ecosystems in different biomes could react differently than the way the ecosystem did in this experiment. It would be beneficial if more experiments like this were conducted throughout different types of habitats. Biodiversity can also help keep an ecosystem healthy and make it more resistance. This ultimately benefits the productivity because the ecosystem can spend more time growing and providing ecosystem services. Based on results from an experiment, Elizabeth Culotta

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    Biodiversity INTRODUCTION Franck and Brownstone define biological diversity as 'the variety and variability of living organisms and the biological communities in which they live' (36). Decades of progress in both the scientific and political arenas have advanced environmental legislation to protect biodiversity at not only the ecosystem level, but for specific species and genetic material as well. Research has shown the importance of every organism and their role in the global ecosystem

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    Biodiversity is vital to the survival of an ecosystem. However, the increase of extinct and endangered animal and plant species has weakened the diversity and sustainability of the ecosystem. Human activity is the leading cause of the high extinction rate of species; about ninety-nine percent of endangered species are at risk due to human activities (biological diversity). However, humans do not think what we are doing to the environment is immoral. Why do humans act like everything we do is morally

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    The resources available for biodiversity conservation to protect all the endangered species are unfortunately inadequate (Myers 1996). It is therefore paramount to use these resources in the most effective ways possible. This literature review will focus on evaluating existing biodiversity budgets and the effectiveness of various investment approaches used in biodiversity conservation programs. The issue of Biodiversity Conservation Funds available for biodiversity conservation are not able to cover

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    Although over time it has increased, biodiversity has steadily gone down in the past 35 years. The current declining of biodiversity is comparable to the massive extinction of many animals over 65 million years ago. Coral reefs have the most diversity of all ecosystems on Earth. On land, areas near the equator tend to be more diverse because of the pleasant climate. Biodiversity is very important to an ecosystem because each species plays a different role in the maintenance of the ecosystem.

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    Biodiversity, or biological diversity, is a technical term that captures diversity of the whole living world, from genes to individual species, through plant and animal communities and entire biomes (Defra, 2010). In other words, biodiversity represents genes, species, and ecosystems, which are the structural elements that are nestled within each other, and their ecological functions, in an area (Cepel, 1997; Ozcelik, 2006). Biodiversity provides the building blocks for our ecosystems to function

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    Biodiversity Loss Essay

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    Biodiversity loss and Extinction Biodiversity loss can lead to extinction, and hurt human life. It is our responsibility to take care of the environment. We bring in machines that harm the environment and destroy animal life. We need to limit ourselves on how much land and resources we consume. There are major issues that are causing species to become extinct and hurt our way of life and other animals do to the change in food chain. Many of the issues of biodiversity loss can be traced back to human

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    Biodiversity is the variety of plant and animal life in the world and as such is an important aspect of all human life. Nature provides food, and ways of preventing diseases. Overall, it makes Earth a livable place for all life. It’s been estimated that there are around thirty million species on earth but only around 1.7 million are identified. The issue with biodiversity is that it is rapidly declining in many parts of the world and once the biodiversity in an area is wiped out, it is basically

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