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Reasons to Conserve Biodiversity

Biology: Cambridge International GCSE Supplement, topic 20.4.2

Reasons to Conserve Biodiversity

Reduce extinction

Reduce extinction

  • Avoids loss of genetic diversity.
Protect vulnerable environments

Protect vulnerable environments

  • For example incentivising farmers to maintain field margins and hedgerows produces greater biodiversity.
Maintain ecosystem functions

Maintain ecosystem functions

  • Nutrient cycling and resource provision.

Test yourself on Reasons to Conserve Biodiversity

  • Which of the following is not a primary reason to conserve biodiversity?

  • Why conserve biodiversity?

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