23 May 2024 · 00:07:41
Season 1 | Ep. 10 - The importance of Biodiversity
Guest: Ep. 10 - The importance of Biodiversity
Episode 10 · 00:07:41
Season 1 | Ep. 10 - The importance of Biodiversity
Show notes
Who hasn’t heard about biodiversity? A mighty term that encapsulates the variety of life on Earth and its interactions, in all its forms from genes and bacteria to entire ecosystems such as forests or coral reefs. But despite the increasing public discussion around the topic in the past decade, it is still too little to amount to its importance for our survival.
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Some resources:
Biodiversity (nationalgeographic.org)
Biodiversity - our strongest natural defense against climate change | United Nations
Institut für Biodiversität: Biodiversity
Origin of the Term Biodiversity | BioScience | Oxford Academic (oup.com)
WWF Living Planet Report: Devastating 69% drop in wildlife populations since 1970 | WWF
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/09/what-are-biodiversity-hotspots/
https://www.cbd.int/article/cop15-final-text-kunming-montreal-gbf-221222
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