can What we do to help sustain the earths biodiversity?
The 3 main objectives of the World Conservation Strategy (created by the World
Conservation Union):
Maintain essential ecological services and life-support systems that support human life
and sustainable development.
Preserve genetic diversity as a source of plants and domesticated animals needed as
human sources of food.
Ensure sustainable use of all species and ecosystems.
Ways to accomplish the objectives of the conservation strategy:
Educate the public and policy makers about the importance of the earths biological re sources and services
Design national conservation strategies
Establish a much larger global network of protected areas
Greatly expanding biodiversity educational training and research
Establish economic incentives to promote the conservation of species and ecosystems
throughout the world
Edward O. Wilson (expert on biodiversity) created 8 priorities for protecting the
remaining ecosystems and species.
Take immediate action to preserve the 34 biological spots hot in the world. These hot
spots contain plant and animal species that are only found in those specific locations.
Keep intact the worlds remaining old-growth forests and cease all logging of such
forests.
Complete the mapping of the worlds terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity so we know
what we have and can make conservation efforts more precise and cost-effective.
Determine the worlds marine hot spots and assign them the same priority for immediate
action as for those on land.
Concentrate on protecting and restoring everywhere the worlds lakes and river sys tems, which are the most threatened ecosystems of all.
What can we do to help sustain the earths biodiversity?
Ensure that the full range of the earths terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems is included in
a global conservation strategy.
Make conservation profitable.
Initiate ecological restoration product worldwide
Wilson believes taking such efforts would cost about $30 billion per year...but he
believes it would be well worth the hefty price tag