Biodiversity | Research

*Please note that the following information is derived from http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/biodiversity/what_is_biodiversity/

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2010 year of biodiversity

Biodiversity: Life, the world, the variation of life for the entire globe.

The world has begun, relatively recently, to lose species and habitats at an ever-increasing and alarming rate.

Why?

Because of us.

And it's also about food security.

· About 100 million metric tonnes of aquatic life, including fish, molluscs and crustaceans are taken from the wild every year. http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/biodiversity/biodiversity_and_you/

· Biodiversity has declined by more than a quarter in the last 35 years.

· In general terms, population growth and our consumption are the reasons for this enormous loss. Specifically, habitat destruction and wildlife trade are the major causes of population decline in species.

We have...

· picked,

· logged,

· plucked and

· hunted

the

· animals,

· trees,

· flowers and

· fish

for

· medicine,

· souvenirs,

· status symbols,

· building materials and

· food.