What is biodiversity why is biodiversity important for human life

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Biodiversity is the collection of all the different types of life found in any one area. It is the trees and grass that grow there, the animals that call them home and even the microorganisms, like bacteria, that live on the plants and animals. Biodiversity is all these things living together to create an ecosystem, which allows life to thrive. And every part of it is essential. Here, in Australia, scientists have identified more than 1.75 million species of plant, animal and microorganism, and the odds are, there are many more, as yet unidentified life forms, living among us. Australia’s biodiversity is unlike any other in the world, with 46% of our birds and 69% of our mammals unique to this country. Have you ever seen an American koala? Neither have we. Biodiversity creates balance, and every life form plays a part in maintaining that balance. If we lose the bacteria that purify water, the trees won’t be able to get the water they need, and as a result, many animals will lose their food source. And it’s not just the animals that require biodiversity to survive. As humans, we rely on this rich variety of nature for things like clean drinking water, food, medicine and shelter. A functioning ecosystem also helps to break down waste and regulate the climate. Put simply, life without biodiversity isn’t much of a life at all. Human progress has pushed our biodiversity to the brink. As human populations continue to grow, we put increasing pressure on plants, through landcleari...

Biodiversity is defined as the variety and variability among all groups of living organisms and the ecosystem complexes in which they occur. Dividing the entire mass of the Earth into 10 billion parts, only one part has life, and the amazing diversity of about 50 million species of life is the Earth, which is only about 1 km thick, limited to water and air layers. The Convention on Biodiversity (1992) refers to biodiversity as variability between organisms from all sources, including terrestrial, marine, and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecosystem complexes in which they are contained. Levels of Biodiversity Levels of biodiversity range from a genetic level within species to the diversity found in different biomes, based on which there are three categories of biodiversity are recognized : Genetic Diversity When a gene within the same species has a different version due to a new combination, it is called genetic diversity or diversity. Genes are basic units of hereditary information transmitted from one generation to other. The genes found in organisms can form an enormous number of combinations each of which gives rise to some variability. For example- all rice varieties belong to the species Oryza sativa, but there are thousands of wild and cultivated varieties of rice which show variations at the genetic level and are different in their color, size, shape, aroma, and nutrients. Species Diversity This is the variability found between different species within one popula...