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Biodiversity

Biodiversity. “Only when the last tree has died and the last river poisoned and the last fish had been caught will we realize that we cannot eat money”. -19 th century Cree Indian saying. So…why should we care???. Instrumental Value (their usefulness to us)

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Biodiversity

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  1. Biodiversity “Only when the last tree has died and the last river poisoned and the last fish had been caught will we realize that we cannot eat money”. -19th century Cree Indian saying

  2. So…why should we care??? • Instrumental Value (their usefulness to us) • Economic Goods (food-90%, fuel, fiber, lumber, paper, medicine-40%, etc…) • Ecological Services- maintain Earth/climate balance • Information (bioinformatics/gene-prospecting) • Recreation • Intrinsic Value (because they exist) • Existence, Aesthetic, Bequest (future generatons)

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