Given the surge in species extinctions and the clear connections between human health and biodiversity, Speciologie's mission is timely.
With over a million species facing extinction, we all must understand the tangible reasons behind the critical importance of biodiversity.
Understanding why biodiversity matters is knowing the purpose behind our extinct animal clothing.
Ecosystem Stability: A Delicate Equilibrium
Biodiversity acts as the structural foundation of ecosystems, with each species playing a crucial role.
Conservation experts emphasize the indispensability of these organisms in sustaining ecosystems that provide life-sustaining components, such as clean water, pollination, and fertile soil.
The plight of Kenya’s Lake Turkana is a prime example of the potential consequences of ecosystem pressure. Lake Turkana and its inhabitants now face an environmental catastrophe – and an avoidable one. The lake could start drying up when Ethiopia completes its massive Gibe 3 Dam upstream on Lake Turkana's main water source, the Omo River.
Human Health and Biodiversity
Research highlights a direct link between disease outbreaks and the degradation of nature. Global wildlife trade and expanding development projects increase human exposure to wildlife, heightening the risk of diseases spreading from animals to humans.
Not only does the world risk the emergence of new diseases due to deforestation and displacement, but it’s also looking to reencounter the diseases it left in the past. Examples include tropical dengue fever and malaria. As tropical forests continue to lose land mass, our likelihood of encountering their former inhabitants grows in kind.
Biodiversity as a Climate Solution
A 2017 study predicted that the implementation of conservation, restoration, and enhanced management practices within forest, wetland, and grassland ecosystems can contribute to at least 30% of the required emissions reductions to avert climate catastrophe by 2030.
Protecting biodiversity, especially in forests, is critical in curbing greenhouse gas emissions. Mangroves and other ecosystems adept at carbon storage play an important role in climate resilience, emphasizing the integral link between biodiversity and climate change mitigation.
Nature's Contribution to the Global Economy
Many industries and the livelihoods of people from socioeconomically challenged backgrounds are intricately tied to biological resources.
For instance, the ecotourism industry could face significant economic losses if biodiversity, which is its bread and butter, continues to decline. On the other hand, the decline in pollinator populations puts agricultural products at risk and makes the production of life-saving medicinal products less likely and/or effective.
In other words, the repercussions of biodiversity loss are felt far and wide. It could have devastating, perhaps life-threatening consequences for this planet.
How Does Speciologie Help Prevent Biodiversity Loss?
Speciologie contemporizes the species conservation movement an artful nod to the species that mankind left behind and a donation to species survival:
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