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Biodiversity is Declining. Here’s Why that’s Important

Biodiversity is Declining. Here’s Why that’s Important

Biodiversity is the result of billions of years of evolution into an intricate balancing act that can best be described as the web of life. When one species is lost, such loss threatens survival of countless others. On this episode of The Sustainable Minimalists podcast: The connections between biodiversity loss, climate change, and food scarcity, plus what we can do about it. 


Why biodiversity is important

 

Biodiversity is the result of billions of years of evolution into an intricate balancing act that can best be described as the web of life. When one species is lost, such loss threatens survival of countless others.

This week I speak with Christianne Close, Global Practice Leader at the World Wildlife Fund. We discuss WWF’s Living Planet Index, a new report that puts numbers behind the rapid and unprecedented rates of population loss across the globe.

Here’s a preview of this week’s episode:

[6:40] Human habits that contribute to biodiversity loss

[17:00] The rapidity with which biodiversity across populations is declining

[21:35] Connections between biodiversity loss, climate change, and food scarcity

[31:00] Practical ways you and I can work to slow biodiversity loss in our own homes

 

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Biodiversity is the result of billions of years of evolution into an intricate balancing act that can best be described as the web of life. When one species is lost, such loss threatens survival of countless others. On this episode of The Sustainable Minimalists podcast: The connections between biodiversity loss, climate change, and food scarcity, plus what we can do about it. 

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