Biodiversity - Why is it Important? | Global 3000

An estimated fourteen million species of animals, plants, fungi, and microorganisms populate the Earth. Do we really need all of them? For humans at least, living amidst a very wide diversity of organisms is one of the most important bases of existence. But current estimates say as many as 130 species go extinct each day.

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