In the last
100 years, more than 90 percent of crop varieties have disappeared from
farmers’ fields. Half of the breeds of many domestic animals have been lost,
and all of the world’s 17 main fishing grounds are now being fished at or above
their sustainable limits. Locally-varied food production systems are under
threat, including related indigenous, traditional and local knowledge. With
this decline, agrobiodiversity is disappearing, and also essential knowledge of
traditional medicine and local foods. The loss of diverse diets is directly
linked to diseases or health risk factors, such as diabetes, obesity and
malnutrition, and has a direct impact on the availability of traditional
medicines.
However, judging biodiversity only on our interests would be wrong and superficial. Let’s imagine forests without wolves’ night-time primordial howl, seas without the mysterious migrations of eels, the sky without the swallows’ inventive flight paths, the profile of a mountain without the sinuous silhouettes of chamois, and a pond without the sound of tree fogs’ croaking. Life wouldn’t be possible without animals and plants, and, even if it would be, it wouldn’t be worth living.
This year’s celebrations of the International Day for Biological Diversity, on 22
Today’s
#InternationalDayforBiologicalDiversity theme aims to leverage
knowledge and spread awareness of the dependency of our food
systems, nutrition, and health on biodiversity and healthy ecosystems. The
theme also celebrates the diversity provided by our natural
systems for human existence and well-being
on Earth, while contributing to other Sustainable Development
Goals, including climate change mitigation and adaptation, ecosystems
restoration, cleaner water and zero
hunger, among others #Conservation #Protection #Ecosystem
#Biodiversity #Sustainability #Environment #SDGS #InternationalDayforBiologicalDiversity
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