The importance of biodiversity.

Biodiversity is important for:

• Economic reasons.
• Ecological reasons.
• Ethical reasons.
• Aesthetic reasons.
• Agriculture.

Economic:

• Food and drink - plants and animals are the source of almost all foods and some drinks.
• Clothing - fibres and fabrics e.g. Cotton.
• Drugs - e.g. Morphine from Poppies.
• Fuels - e.g. biogas.

Ecological:

• Disruption of food chains.
• Disruption of nutrient cycles - e.g. worms improve soil if the worm population were to decrease it would become harder to grow things in soil.
• Loss of habitats.
• Habitat destruction - e.g. Carbon Dioxide is stored in trees, when they're cut down, it is released into the…