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  2. What is Biodiversity? Why Is It Important? | AMNH

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    We may value biodiversity because of how it shapes who we are, our relationships to each other, and social norms. These relational values are part of peoples’ individual or collective sense of wellbeing, responsibility for, and connection with the environment.

  3. Biodiversity refers to the changes and variability of the living organisms on Earth. There are four types of biodiversity. Explore its types and importance only @ BYJU'S.

  4. Why is biodiversity important? - Royal Society

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    Why is biodiversity important? Biodiversity is essential for the processes that support all life on Earth, including humans. Without a wide range of animals, plants and microorganisms, we cannot have the healthy ecosystems that we rely on to provide us with the air we breathe and the food we eat.

  5. The Remarkable Benefits of Biodiversity - Earth.Org

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    What are the benefits of biodiversity and why is it so important to protect it? One of the most amazing things about our natural world is the diversity of life that exists in it. The term “biodiversity” refers to the variety of living organisms, their genetic differences, and each species’ relationship to one another.

  6. Explainer: what is biodiversity and why does it matter? - The...

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    Biodiversity collectively describes the vast array of approximately 9 million unique living organisms (including Homo sapiens) that inhabit the earth, together with the interactions amongst...

  7. 1. Biodiversity: What is it, where is it, and why is it...

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    Biodiversity is the variability among living organisms from all sources, including terrestrial, marine, and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part; this includes diversity within species, between species, and of ecosystems.

  8. Biodiversity | Definition & Facts | Britannica

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    Biodiversity, also called biological diversity, is the variety of life found in a place on Earth or, often, the total variety of life on Earth. A common measure of this variety, called species richness, is the count of species in an area.

  9. The Values of Biodiversity - The National Academies Press

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    It recommends and details a list of components—including diversity of species, genetic variability within and among species, distribution of species across the ecosystem, the aesthetic satisfaction derived from diversity, and the duty to preserve and protect biodiversity.

  10. What is biodiversity? | Pages | WWF - World Wildlife Fund

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    Biodiversity supports everything in nature that we need to survive: food, clean water, medicine, and shelter. But as humans put increasing pressure on the planet, using and consuming more resources than ever before, we risk upsetting the balance of ecosystems and losing biodiversity.

  11. What is biodiversity and why is it important? - Greenpeace UK

    www.greenpeace.org.uk/challenges/wildlife-and-biodiversity/what-is-biodiversity

    Biodiversity, also known as ‘biological diversity’, is the variety of life found on Earth. It includes all living things, like bacteria, plants, fungi, insects, animals, and humans. But it is not simply the number of species in an area.