Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Why is biodiversity important?
- Valuable for recreation
- e.g. countryside and natural
urban areas
- Provides essential goods and services
- e.g. food, medicines, raw materials
- Supports complex
interactions between plants,
animals and people
- Natural processes are
environmental regulators
- e.g. flood control, soil
erosion, clean air/water
- Aesthetic and spiritual value, quality of
life/health is closely linked to the
environment
- Genetic biodiversity can control an
agro-ecosystem resistance to pests
and diseases