Why is biodiversity important - with Sir David Attenborough | The Royal Society

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlWNuzrqe7U

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TLDRThe video highlights the crucial role biodiversity plays in maintaining a healthy planet by providing food, medicine, and natural protections. Spider monkeys, for instance, contribute to climate efforts by dispersing seeds that help forests grow and capture carbon dioxide. Despite documenting around 1.6 million species, countless others remain undiscovered. The video stresses the need to protect biodiversity as human activities such as habitat destruction, hunting, and climate change threaten many species. Solutions include reducing carbon emissions, preserving biodiversity hotspots, and restoring habitats. Effective conservation sometimes requires active human intervention, evident from successful cases like the reintroduction of white storks in England. Ultimately, nature's benefits are indispensable for human well-being and survival.

Takeaways

  • 🌿 Biodiversity is essential for a healthy planet.
  • 🌳 Spider monkeys help combat climate change.
  • 📚 Only 1.6 million species documented out of millions.
  • 🐟 Biodiversity provides food and medicine.
  • ⚠️ Human activity threatens global biodiversity.
  • 🔥 Climate change endangers species worldwide.
  • 🏞️ Protecting habitats is crucial for conservation.
  • 🦤 Reintroduction success stories like white storks in the UK.
  • 🌍 Development must work alongside nature.
  • 🧬 Many potential medicines remain undiscovered.

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    The video highlights the crucial role of biodiversity in maintaining a healthy and functional planet. Large fruit eaters like spider monkeys help spread seeds, contributing to forest growth, which aids in carbon absorption. It mentions the vast yet partially undiscovered variety of species and the threat that human activities pose to biodiversity. The importance of biodiversity extends beyond charismatic species, emphasizing that microorganisms, pollinators, and even fungi are vital for food supply and medicine. The video stresses the necessity of preserving natural habitats and managing biodiversity through conservation efforts like species reintroduction and sustainable cohabitation practices, to safeguard the environment and human well-being.

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  • Why are spider monkeys considered climate activists?

    Spider monkeys spread seeds of tropical hardwood trees in their dung, which helps forests grow and absorb carbon dioxide.

  • How many species have humans documented?

    Humans have documented around 1.6 million species.

  • Why is biodiversity important?

    Biodiversity provides food, medicine, and natural protections, maintaining a healthy planet.

  • What are some threats to biodiversity?

    Habitat changes for agriculture, hunting, and climate change are major threats.

  • How can we protect biodiversity?

    By cutting carbon emissions, protecting biodiversity hotspots, and rebuilding natural habitats.

  • What happened to the Great Barrier Reef in 2016 and 2017?

    Half of the corals died due to warming seas.

  • Why is hands-on management important for biodiversity?

    It helps restore populations, like the reintroduction of white stork chicks in England.

  • What is a biodiversity hotspot?

    Areas rich in biodiversity that are at risk and need urgent protection.

  • How can communities help in biodiversity conservation?

    By providing pathways for development that align with nature and involving local communities in conservation efforts.

  • Where can more information on biodiversity be found?

    Visit royalsociety.org/biodiversity for more information.

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    this spider monkey is an unwitting
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    climate activist
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    large fruit eaters such as this one
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    spread the seeds of tropical hardwood
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    trees in their dung
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    helping to build up forests which absorb
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    carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
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    and this is just one of perhaps millions
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    of interactions that guarantee a healthy
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    and functioning planet
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    humans have spent hundreds of years
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    documenting life on earth and we now
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    have a catalog of around
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    1.6 million species
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    however there may be seven or eight
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    million more that we don't yet know
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    about
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    we have a good idea of the large animals
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    such as mammals and birds
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    but there are doubtless even some of
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    these that we've missed
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    and the smaller you go
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    the more species there are left to find
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    as the human impact on the planet
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    intensifies
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    scientists fear that many species could
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    be lost
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    before we even discover them
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    so why is it so important that we
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    protect our planet's biodiversity
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    when we think of protecting wildlife we
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    tend to picture the superstars
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    but the organisms that do most of the
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    hard work keeping our planet healthy
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    are the unglamorous ones
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    this
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    biodiversity provides us with the food
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    we eat from the microorganisms that
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    enrich the soil where we grow our crops
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    to the pollinators who give us fruit and
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    nuts and the fish that are the main
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    source of animal protein for around a
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    billion people
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    many of our medicines originate from
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    plants and fungi
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    and many more may lie undiscovered in
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    remote corners of the world for instance
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    there's a fungus that grows on the fur
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    of sloths
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    that could help treat some forms of
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    cancer
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    the natural world shelters and protects
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    us too
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    trees and shrubs protect our homes from
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    flooding
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    and coral reefs and mangroves shield our
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    coastlines from storm surges
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    and all that is not to mention the great
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    spiritual and cultural value that nature
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    holds for human beings the world over
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    but despite the overwhelming benefits of
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    a healthy planet
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    many human actions are destroying
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    biodiversity
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    changes to habitats for grazing mining
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    and crop production including the use of
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    harmful fertilizers have had a huge
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    impact on land and sea
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    we hunt animals for meat and prize body
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    parts
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    more than 300 mammal species risk being
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    consumed to extinction
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    and then there's climate change
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    this affects the whole world
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    putting huge pressure on wildlife
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    in 2016 and 2017
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    half the corals in the great barrier
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    reef
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    died as a result of the warming of the
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    seas
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    so
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    what must we do now
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    to slow down the crisis we are faced
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    with
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    in addition to cutting our carbon
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    emissions we must find ways of using
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    land and water that cause the least
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    damage to the environment
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    leaving enough space for natural
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    habitats to thrive
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    we must urgently protect the so-called
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    biodiversity hotspots
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    but equally we should be rebuilding
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    biodiversity wherever and however we can
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    sometimes this is as simple as giving
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    plants and animals the space they need
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    to succeed
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    and sometimes they need hands-on
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    management from humans
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    in 2020 with the help of reintroduction
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    experts in the south of england white
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    stalk chicks hatched for the first time
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    in 600 years
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    hands-on management was also critical to
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    restoring the population of mounting
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    guerrillas in the virunga national park
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    in central africa
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    this included using a proportion of the
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    money raised through tourism to help
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    human communities coexist with their
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    animal neighbors
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    we must provide pathways for global
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    development that work with rather than
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    against nature
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    and we need to give the communities
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    affected a seat at the table
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    the benefits provided by nato are
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    indispensable for making human life both
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    possible and worth living
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    we need all the riches of our living
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    planet to help us live healthy happy
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    lives long into the future
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    find out more about biodiversity and its
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    importance
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    by visiting our online q and a
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    go to royal society dot org
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    forward slash
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    biodiversity
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