Peer Review Sources

• Lubchenco, Jane. "Generation and Maintainance of Biodiversity." Biodiversity and Human Health. ECOSYSTEM SERVICES, 15 May 1996. Web. 03 Mar. 2010.
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• Turning to medicinal resources, a recent survey showed that of the top 150 prescription drugs used in the United States, 118 are based on natural sources: 74% on plants, 18% on fungi, 5% on bacteria, and 3% on one vertebrate (snake) species. Looking at the global picture, approximately 80% of the human population relies on traditional medical systems, and about 85% of traditional medicine involves the use of plant extracts Destroying other life forms also disrupts the web of interactions that could help us discover the potential usefulness of specific plants and animal.

Faith, Daniel P. "Biodiversity." Stanford Enciclopedia of Philosophy. Stanford University, 2007. Web. 21 Jan. 2010. .


Biodiversity is all species, ecosystems, and all living things that create this planet.Biodiversity is the process of which the every works and how they develop over time, and through out their environment needs, Biodiversity also links to the DNA and all humans, because there is a lot of diversity between the human population, if their wasn't any diversity at all we all be equal and we wouldn't be able to develop properly. All living things are important in a certain way to maintain an equilibrium and to maintain the environment flowing as is suppose to.

What would happen if we dont change the way that we take care of our planet ?

The Earth’s population will probably be 22.2 billion!

The Earth’s temperature will be 1.4 to 5.8 °C higher than it is today. The ice at the North and South Pole will melt and the sea level will rise by 9 to 88 cm. Cities at or below sea level will sink.

Half of the Earth’s plants and animals will disappear along with the tropical rain forests.

We will use up all the Earth’s natural resources. People won’t be able to survive on Earth, so they will have to find a new planet live on.

The law will oblige families to have no more than one child, and this will reduce the Earth’s population to two billion.

People will use environmentally-friendly energy sources like the sun and the wind, which do not pollute the air, so the Earth’s temperature will not increase.

Strict laws will protect animal and plant species from extinction.

A population of two billion people will need fewer natural resources, so there will be enough food, water, etc. for everyone.

http://www.priweb.org/globalchange/bioloss/bl_04.html