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Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity

Wardle, David

Sammanfattning

The most unique feature of Earth is the existence of life, and the most extraordinary feature of life is its diversity. Approximately 9 million types of plants, animals, protists and fungi inhabit the earth. So, too, do 7 billion people. Two decades ago, at the first Earth Summit, the vast majority of the world's nations declared that human actions were dismantling Earth's ecosystems, eliminating genes, 30 species, and biological traits at an alarming rate. This observation led to a daunting question: How will loss of biological diversity alter the functioning of ecosystems and their ability to provide society with the goods and services needed to prosper?

Nyckelord

Biodiversity; Extinction; Ecosystem functioning

Publicerad i

Nature
2012, Volym: 486, nummer: 7401, sidor: 59-67
Utgivare: Nature Publishing Group, Macmillan Publishers Limited

    Globala målen

    Skydda, återställa och främja ett hållbart nyttjande av landbaserade ekosystem, hållbart bruka skogar, bekämpa ökenspridning, hejda och vrida tillbaka markförstöringen samt hejda förlusten av biologisk mångfald

    UKÄ forskningsämne

    Ekologi

    Publikationens identifierare

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature11148

    Permanent länk till denna sida (URI)

    https://res.slu.se/id/publ/40530