Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity

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Summary

It is argued that human actions are dismantling the Earth’s ecosystems, eliminating genes, species and biological traits at an alarming rate, and 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 is asked.

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Published
2012-06-06
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Biodiversity, Humanity, Environmental ethics, Environmental science, Natural resource economics

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