ZOOLOGY 651 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: American Phytopathological Society, Germplasm, List Of Civilisations In The Culture Series
13 Sep 2016
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Six reasons we should value the biodiversity - american phytopathological society. Moral reasons aesthetic reasons providing important natural functions biodiversity provides actual and potential material and economic benefits to people continuance of evolutionary processes insurance. Resistant to many diseases that affect corn. Small tomato - stores large amount of sugar. Wild germplasm important for crops new drugs specialized materials. Regulating atmospheric gases and climate diversity increases productivity and stability. trillion worth limitations and dangers of utilitarian arguments for conservation limited perspectives. May not yet know what values reside in a given species or system no guarantee that the economic value of species will exceed the value of eliminating many habitats or species anthropocentric. Aesthetic arguments for retaining diversity dynamic balance that is intrinsically beautiful psychological benefits of natural environments a basic and essential element of ourselves. Our evolutionary heritage dangers humans favor particular species and environments tend to neglect many important ecosystems.
