Value Of Biodiversity Wikipedia. Biodiversity is the most precious gift of nature mankind is blessed with. At least 40 percent of the world s economy and 80 percent of the needs of the poor are derived from biological resources.
Values of biodiversity can be categorized as follows. Food biodiversity is defined as the diversity of plants animals and other organisms used for food covering the genetic resources within species between species and provided by ecosystems. From a consumption perspective food biodiversity describes the diversity of foods in human diets and their.
The value of biodiversity in terms of its commercial utility ecological services social and aesthetic value is enormous.
Al which synthesized more than 300 scholarly works collectively evaluating the 10 main biomes shows that the total value of ecosystem services is considerable and ranges between 490 int year for the total bundle of ecosystem services that can potentially be provided by an average hectare of open oceans to almost 350 000 int year for the potential services of an average hectare of coral reefs. Biodiversity is the most precious gift of nature mankind is blessed with. Such variety refers to the variety at the species genetic and ecosystem level. Productive use values 3.
