Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity
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Abstract
The most unique feature of Earth is the existence of life, and the most extraordinary feature of life is its diversity. Approximately 9 million types of plants, animals, protists and fungi inhabit the Earth. So, too, do 7 billion people. Two decades ago, at the first Earth Summit, the vast majority of the world's nations declared that human actions were dismantling the Earth's ecosystems, eliminating genes, species and biological traits at an alarming rate. This observation led to the question of how such loss of biological diversity will alter the functioning of ecosystems and their ability to provide society with the goods and services needed to prosper.
Suggested Citation
Cardinale, B., Duffy, J.E., Gonzalez, A., Hooper, D.U., Perrings, C., Venail, P., Narwani, A., Mace, G.M., Tilman, D., Wardle, D.A., Kinzig, A.P., Daily, G.C., Loreau, M., Grace, J.B., Larigauderie, A., Srivastava, D.S., Naeem, S., 2012, Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity: Nature, v. 486, no. 7401, p. 59-67, https://doi.org/10.1038/nature11148.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity |
| Series title | Nature |
| DOI | 10.1038/nature11148 |
| Volume | 486 |
| Issue | 7401 |
| Publication Date | June 06, 2012 |
| Year Published | 2012 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Nature Publishing Group |
| Publisher location | London, U.K. |
| Contributing office(s) | National Wetlands Research Center |
| Description | 9 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Nature |
| First page | 59 |
| Last page | 67 |
| Other Geospatial | Earth |