«In the Americas,
rich biodiversity makes an immense contribution to the quality of life, helping to reduce poverty while strengthening economies and livelihoods,» said Dr. Jake Rice (Canada), co-chair of the Americas assessment with Dr. Cristiana Simão Seixas (Brazil) and Prof. Maria Elena Zaccagnini (Argentina).
Not exact matches
Colombia,
rich in
biodiversity, has been gripped by a multidecade civil war that
made many areas unsafe for scientific work.
It functions as the regulatory body of the entire biosphere, buffering biogeochemical circulation, regenerating nutrients and hosting infinitely
rich biodiversity,
making it essential to life on Earth.
It might be small, but that just
makes it easier to visit everything it has to offer: Mayan temples, incredible
biodiversity, a sliver of Caribbean coastline,
rich culture and more.
Belize sits within the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor, which stretches from Mexico through Central America and is home to a diverse range of birds and wildlife, helping to
make the little country a birders» paradise, with some 618 resident species and visiting migrants sharing the
rich biodiversity of Belize.
However its
rich history has
made the area a
biodiversity hot spot which houses over 7,500 plant species, half of which are found no where else in the world.
It does not take a genius to realize that without a
rich biodiversity, our lives would be much more miserable, since we would not be able to observe these other species as a kind of genetic laboratory and figure out how to
make our lives better and alleviate suffering.