How can invasive species affect the biodiversity of an ecosystem?
Importance of biodiversity pdf
5 reasons why biodiversity is important.
Population
“Instead of controlling the environment for the benefit of the population, perhaps it’s time we control the population to allow the survival of the environment.” From ‘The Life of Mammals’ 2002
“If we were to disappear overnight, the rest of the world would get on pretty well.
But if they were to disappear, the land’s ecosystems would collapse.” From ‘Life in the Undergrowth’ 2005
“Wherever women have the vote, wherever girls stay in school for longer, wherever women are in charge of their own lives and not dictated to by men, wherever they have access to good healthcare and contraption, wherever they are free to take any job and their aspirations for life are raised, the birth rate falls.
The reason for this is straightforward – empowerment brings freedom of choice and when life offers more options for women, their choice is often to have fewer children.”
“There are 3 times as many people on the planet now than there were when I started making
