Biodiversity Loss Threatens Human Well-Being

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Authors

Sandra Dı́az · Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

F. Stuart Chapin · University of Alaska Fairbanks

Abstract

Biodiversity lies at the core of ecosystem processes fueling our planet's vital life-support systems; its degradation--by us--is threatening our own well-being and will disproportionately impact the poor.

Topics & Keywords

Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Land Use and Ecosystem Services Economic and Environmental Valuation

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life in Land

Publication Details

Published in: PLoS Biology

Volume 4, Issue 8, pp. e277-e277

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040277

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