The importance of nature in our life the natural environment is breathtaking to everyone it is the foudation of our economy culture and perhaps our basic survial the food we eat the air we breathe and the water we use to irrigate our crops come from our forests rivers seas and soils we also rely on a diversity of natural assets and services essential to our heaith and well being it's easy to belive that nature will always be there for us however birds like starlings and house sparrows have plummeted to the point that they are now classified as endangered the state of nature report finds that the natura; world is in deecline over half of our wild species of plants instects birds and mammals are in deline Even our most iconic animal, the lion, is classified as vulnerable, and we have lost over a third of all wild tigers and elephants since we started counting them.
Seven out of ten people admit to being disconnected from nature; additionally, more than a third of parents admit to being unable to teach their children about nature and animals. We are becoming more disconnected from nature due to the pressure of daily life, even though nature is available to us in various forms. Nature, like love, is all around us, and our free daily interaction with nature is related to improving the health of children and adults. reducing stress, improving mood, and reducing obesity Every day, nature works wonders for us by ensuring that we have healthy air, clean water, and tasty food.
The natural cycle of our ecosystem is very necessary for the survival of organisms. We all must take care of all the components that make our nature complete. The presence of a beautiful and attractive environment around us is called nature. Nature is our mother; it nourishes and nurtures us. All the basic necessities of life are provided by nature. The food to eat, the water to drink, the air to breathe, and the land to live on come from nature. Our planet Earth is rich in nature. Nature is the most precious gift of God. All natural things that make nature more attractive, like flowers, birds, plants, animals, rivers, lakes, valleys, seas, hills, forests, land, and the sky, are all components of nature. The scenic beauty around us is nature. The natural cycle of our ecosystem is very necessary for the survival of organisms. We all must take care of all the components that make our nature complete.
Our planet is diverse. Thriving ecosystems may seem like permanent fixtures, but they're actually vulnerable to collapse. Jungles can become deserts, and reefs can become lifeless rocks even without cataclysmic events like volcanoes and asteroids. What makes one ecosystem strong and another weak in the fact of change? To a large extent, the answer is biodiversity. Biodiversity is built out of three intertwined features. ecosystem diversity, species diversity, and genetic diversity The more interwoven there is between these features, the denser and more resilient the weave becomes. The Amazon rainforest is one of the most biodiverse regions on earth due to its complex ecosystem, huge mix of species, and the genetic variety within those species.
Here are tangled liana vines which crawl up from the forest floor to the canopy intertwining with treetops and growing thick wooden stems that support these towering trees helped along by the vines trees provide the seeds fruits and leaves to herbivores such as the tapir and the agouti which disperse their seeds throughout the forest so they can grow leftovers are consumed by the millions of insects that decompose and recycle nutrients to create rich soil the rainforest is a huge system filled with many smaller systems each packed with interconnected species every link provide stability to the next strengthening biodiversity's weave .
That weave is further reinforced by the genetic diversity within individual species, which allows them to cope with changes. species that lack genetic diversity due to isolation or low population numbers are much more vulnerable to fluctuations caused by climate change, disease, or habitat fragmentation. Whenever a species disappears because of its weakened gene pool, a knot is untied and parts of the net disintegrate. So what if we were to remove one species from the rainforest? The system would probably fall apart because of the volume of species, their genetic diversity, and the complexity of the ecosystems. With such rich biodiversity in this forest, a one-species gap in the weave won't cause it to unravel.
The forest can stay resilient and recover from change, but that's not true in every case. In some environments, taking away just one important component can undermine the entire system. For instance, many organisms in a reef are dependent on the coral, which provides key microhabitats, shelter, and breeding grounds for thousands of species of fish, crustaceans, and mollusks. Corals also have interdependent relationships with fungi and bacteria. the coral itself is a loom that allows the tangles net of biodiversity to be woven that makes coral a keystone organism one that many others depend on for their suvival so what happens when destructive fishing practices pollution and ocean acidification weaken coral or even kill it altogether.
The loss of this keystone species leaves its dependents at a loss too, threatening the entire fabric of the reef ecosystem. Species and genetic diversity together form the complex tangled weave of biodiversity that is vital for the survival of organisms on earth. We humans are woven into the biodiversity too. When just a few strands are lost, our own well-being is treated, cut too many links, and we risk unravelling it all. What the future brings is unpredictable, but biodiversity can give us an insurance policy and earth's own safety net to safeguard our survival.
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