Open AccessValues of Biodiversity
Author(s) -
Jack MacRae
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
wildlife rehabilitation bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2769-6960
pISSN - 1535-2242
DOI - 10.53607/wrb.v29.75
Subject(s) - biodiversity , wildlife , predator , ecology , predation , diversity (politics) , value (mathematics) , function (biology) , consumption (sociology) , geography , natural resource , biology , environmental resource management , environmental ethics , sociology , evolutionary biology , social science , computer science , economics , philosophy , machine learning , anthropology
The species that live on earth are connected through complex relationships and associations, such as predator and prey, symbiosis, and through communal use of resources. The diversity of life is what enables these associations to function. The human species often has attempted to place value and worth on the other organisms that share our planet. As a result of their dominant activity and consumption of natural resources, it is important for humans to recognize how these ‘values’ are developed and impact the wildlife around them.