This phrase couldn't of said it any better. It's not just one thing that makes this world sustain life. It's the diversity around us that make it more synchronized and beautiful. Diversity means everyone or everything giving a little something to the world and making it better. Biodiversity is the diversity of life and it expresses the life we live in today. Biodiversity has shaped the world around us and helped make it a better life to live. We are basically all connected by biodiversity.
"The recycling of water, oxygen, methane, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, sulfur, and carbon is made possible by diverse species working incessantly to maintain the ecological processes that support life." (Shiva 43)
This is definitely accurate and nice to know. This phrase is telling us that everything in this world, whether it be us, animals, plants, chemicals, or the different elements, is working together to maintain the life we live. If there were no recycling then the ecological processes wouldn't be so easy to accomplish. The breaking down of chemicals and unwanted substances is what makes the earth revolve around and repeat life. In order to maintain life we need certain things to help break things down or the process of recycling.
http://www.cumberlandri.org/trashrecycling.htm
"We owe practically all life to bacteria." (Shiva 43)
I don't believe that we necessarily owe everything to bacteria. I know bacteria is beneficial in a lot of ways with helping break down things, but bacteria is dangerous. It's not a thing we should be applauding, it's something that we should avoid. For bacteria to take all the fame for sustaining life, then that's like saying that we should give thanks to diseases. I think I speak for mostly everyone on this planet when I say that I do not give any kind of credit to diseases or bacteria.
"Biodiversity is not just a conservation issue, it is an issue affecting economic survival." (Shiva 50)
I believe this phrase is a little too exaggerated in my opinion. Biodiversity is very important, however, there are a million companies out in today's world with enough economic value. This world is always hungry for money and will do anything to help keep things in order. Biodiversity is scarce when everyone just wants to keep taking what they want without no limits. This is when it comes to be an issue involving money, but not to the point where we have to think about going broke. I don't believe biodiversity is too much of a problem with economics.
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