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Biodiversity
Definition: The diversity and variety of plants, animals and |
"Even though Homo sapiens is destined for extinction, just like other species in history, we have an ethical imperative to protect Nature's diversity, not destroy it."
- Richard E. Leaky in his book, The Sixth Extinction, p. 221
"In my opinion the most serious global ecological crisis is the escalating
diminishment of biodiversity and the fact that the Earth will lose more species of
plants and animals by 2050 then it has lost over the last sixty-five million years."
"The reason for saving plants and animals is not so they can be exploited for human use. All natural things have intrinsic value, inherent worth. They have a right to exist for their own sake."
- Earth First! Biocentric Approach
(from their Biodiversity Project pamphlet circa 1989)
"To put it simply, we must protect as much critical habitat from humanity as is humanly possible as fast as possible.
It has recently been estimated that for about $28 billion, enough critical habitat could be bought or leased to protect 70 percent of the known plant and animal species in the world. In other words, for a fraction of the money our government just spent in Ira we could save the planet's biodiversity for future generations. Will we let this opportunity slip away?"
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