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    Think biodiversity doesn't matter?

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    I think some material on the sheer infinitude of the earth's biodiversity and its intrinsic value has already been buried somewhere on this site, but this announcement should give an extra facet to the worrying trend towards homogeneity in global food supplies. Nature seems to prefer diversity, and the strength and resilience that such variation provides against negative environmental and pathogenic forces. Man, however, appears to be blindly reducing natural variety to a genetic uniformity that gives economies of scale but no protection against the random variables that no one can predict or control.

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    Re: Think biodiversity doesn't matter?

    Quote Originally Posted by budak
    I think some material on the sheer infinitude of the earth's biodiversity and its intrinsic value has already been buried somewhere on this site, but this announcement should give an extra facet to the worrying trend towards homogeneity in global food supplies. Nature seems to prefer diversity, and the strength and resilience that such variation provides against negative environmental and pathogenic forces. Man, however, appears to be blindly reducing natural variety to a genetic uniformity that gives economies of scale but no protection against the random variables that no one can predict or control.

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    biodiversity got the better of me and now i tend to make lots of money instead of sticking out like BBA.

    thinking and doing are so different, it's almost a joke!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Goondoo
    Human learns from Mistakes.... and only after a mistake, human learn.
    Maybe what we saw on "The Day After Tomorrow" will come some day...
    Not to sound morbid... sometimes I wish it would.
    Last edited by benny; 18th Dec 2005 at 01:18.

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    Actually, after watching the movie, I actually wished it could happen...

    Too many evil on earth and its time Mother Nature makes a strong statement!
    Read me! :bigsmile: http://justikanz.blogspot.com/

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