Article | REF: G8065 V1

Preserving biodiversity: a major issue for the planet and a challenge for our societies

Author: Christel FIORINA

Publication date: July 10, 2011, Review date: March 1, 2019

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6. Conclusion

Like global warming, halting the destruction of biodiversity that has been underway for several years now is a major challenge. It's a challenge that must be met by humanity as a whole, if we are to preserve our well-being in the near future. From now on, mankind must understand that nature is not a commodity to be exploited without limit. This requires us to question our current mode of development, whose effects on the biosphere and natural resources are catastrophic. It also means considering ecology as a genuine science, a vector for progress in our societies. And it means putting a "price" on nature, which provides us with so many services that are currently uncharacterized and unquantified. This revolution is no easy task: all over the world, public and private players are proving that business development can be reconciled with the objective of preserving biodiversity. Ecological...

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