Biodiversity

Yacine Belhaj-Bouabdallah

Chapter 4 in Saving Ourselves:Interviews with World Leaders on the Sustainable Transition, 2017, pp 57-82 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: Biodiversity is crucial to human survival. Not only does it provide us vital services which ensure ecosystems can remain healthy, but these services are also crucial in the functioning of human societies. Certain organisms allow us to produce our food, others ensure there is not too much CO2 in the air and others ensure that ecosystems are preserved. In a biodiverse system, if one organism can no longer fulfil an ecosystem function, another will take its place…

Keywords: Sustainable; Sustainability; Interviews; Sustainable Development; Renewable Energy; Climate Change; Fossil Fuels; Biodiversity; Good Governance; Green Economy; Food Security (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q55 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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