Sunday, May 3, 2009

Do You Know?


There are approximately 10 to 100 million species on Earth, although only 1.7 million of them have been recorded and described so far. As far as now, the loss of biodiversity is greater than any time in the past. Some 100 species are being LOST everyday! We just simply do not know what we are throwing away. Each species has role in an ecosystem and a balance must be maintained. Most ecosystems can withstand some abuse and regenerate as long as most species involved are still present. For instance, if we cut down half of a forest, the other half will soon cover the denuded area in 50 to a hundred years. So with the loss of biodiversity, forests will not be easily covered in a short amount of time, maybe they won't even be covered.

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