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BIODIVERSITY
You can't have a healthy planet
without it! |
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Biodiversity:
noun, from Latin bios life and diversitas, variety.
Biodiversity is the technical term that
refers to the totality of different kinds of living species on earth.
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| Biodiversity
studies are essential to the proper monitoring of our planet's health. Any
environment that shows a decline in biodiversity is sending a strong
warning signal that we ourselves may be in danger. |
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Biodiversity
research is extremely vital to planning where to place preserves,
assessing ecological health of a region, and knowing just who we share
this planet with. |
| Unfortunately,
the people who are best trained as professional assessors of biodiversity
are taxonomists. Ever since 1975, the number of university graduates in
taxonomy has seriously declined. |
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Click on picture for more information on
biodiversity.
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The Virtual
Museum of Natural History is dedicated to promoting biodiversity studies
by publishing relevant data on this site, conducting field surveys and
training a new generation of taxonomists. |
