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Is There A Solution To The Loss Of Biodiversity?
from:Sadly, there is no one solution to the loss of biodiversity. And, even if such a solution existed, the adversarial nature of the relationships between governments, businesses, and environmentalists would probably keep it from being implemented.
Any solution to the loss of biodiversity must take multiple factors into account: How will this solution affect the animals of the region? The plant life? Humans? The region itself? Plants, animals, humans and the earth itself are intertwined in a number of complicated ecosystems, dependent on each other for survival. So far, thirty-four separate biodiversity hotspots have been identified, each with its own particular ecosystem, problems, and needs.
In addition to no one solution to the loss of biodiversity being a good fit for every biodiversity hotspot, there is the additional problem of convincing the local population of that area that preventing such loss is desirable. In many of these areas, day-to-day survival is an issue, and convincing the local government to consider what are clearly expensive, and long-term solutions to an immediate problem is almost impossible. Further, globalization has created the monster of one area being used to feed the demands of other continents and their peoples. Pesticides that are deemed to dangerous for use in the West are shipped to other continents further weakening the ecosystems there.
Governments need to start addressing issues such as climate change, water pollution, melting polar ice caps, and the rapidly escalating extinction of various species for any real advances toward a solution to the loss of biodiversity to be made. They can also stop the destruction of forest land through road building, to which governments usually add a colonization policy and/or concede large tracts of the deforested land to corporations for mineral extraction. The destruction of much of the Amazon rain forest and its indigenous species of plants, animals, and humans was accomplished by just such government actions.
One step toward a solution to the loss of biodiversity is education. There are many small steps that, in and of themselves, seem far too simple to work but which, if practiced by everyone, would go a long way toward solving some of the problems. Walking or bicycling instead of driving, using reusable carry-alls instead of plastic grocery bags, limiting the issuance of hunting and fishing licenses, using energy-efficient appliances, cutting down our dependence on fossil fuels are part of a solution to biodiversity that almost anyone can put into practice easily.
If we are ever to find a permanent, workable solution to the loss of biodiversity, we must give up our private agendas, and work together, putting the well-being of the whole race and, indeed, the whole planet ahead of any lesser goals.
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Losing Natural Biodiversity Could Cost Us the Earth - AllAfrica.com
 UN News Centre | Losing Natural Biodiversity Could Cost Us the Earth AllAfrica.com An international study, published last week in the journal, Nature, shows that losing biodiversity appears to affect ecosystems as much as climate change, pollution and other major forms of environmental stress. This is because it is the inherent ... On biodiversity day, UN chief calls for greater protection of world's oceans Rapid biodiversity loss continues in absence of political action and accurate ... Web of Marine Life Dissolving Under Human Onslaught |
Ecosystem effects of biodiversity loss could rival impacts of climate change ... - Phys.Org
 Responding to Climate Change (press release) (blog) | Ecosystem effects of biodiversity loss could rival impacts of climate change ... Phys.Org Photo: David Hooper Loss of biodiversity appears to impact ecosystems as much as climate change, pollution and other major forms of environmental stress, according to a new study from an international research team. The study is the first comprehensive ... Ecosystem effects of biodiversity loss may rival effects of climate change ... 'Loss of biodiversity rivals climate change impact' Comparing Biodiversity Loss to Other Human-caused Environmental Changes |
Create biodiversity conservation fund - Daily Star Online
 The Hindu | Create biodiversity conservation fund Daily Star Online The government has taken an exemplary initiative by creating the "Climate Change Trust Fund" to address and combat the impacts of climate change on our environment and livelihood. However, the CCTF falls short of the activities related to biodiversity ... Need for biodiversity conservation |
Biodiversity Loss Ranks with Climate Change and Pollution in Terms of Impacts ... - Green Building Elements
Biodiversity Loss Ranks with Climate Change and Pollution in Terms of Impacts ... Green Building Elements A recent study published by an international research team working at UC Santa Barbara's National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) has found that loss of biodiversity impacts the environment as significantly as climate change and ... |
New Project to Address Climate Change Impacts on Food Security and Ecosystems ... - AZoCleantech
New Project to Address Climate Change Impacts on Food Security and Ecosystems ... AZoCleantech The University of York's Dr Rob Marchant will head a team evaluating the climate change effects on habitats and biodiversity, one of the six fields of the study under the project. The team will develop regional modeling expertise and create predictive ... |