Objectives and advantages of biodiversity conservation

Conservation of biological diversity leads to conservation of essential ecological diversity to preserve the continuity of food chains.

The genetic diversity of plants and animals is preserved.

It ensures the sustainable utilisation of life support systems on earth.

It provides a vast knowledge of potential use to the scientific community.

A reservoir of wild animals and plants is preserved, thus enabling them to be introduced, if need be, in the surrounding areas.

Biological diversity provides immediate benefits to the society such as recreation and tourism.

Biodiversity conservation serves as an insurance policy for the future.

Biodiversityis the variety andvariabilityoflife on Earth. Biodiversity is typically a measure of variation at thegenetic,species, andecosystemlevel.[1]Terrestrial biodiversity is usually greater near theequator,[2]which is the result of the warmclimateand highprimary productivity.[3]Biodiversity is not distributed evenly onEarth, and is richest in the tropics. These tropical forest ecosystems cover less than 10 percent of earth's surface, and contain about 90 percent of the world's species.[4]Marine biodiversityis usually highest along coasts in the WesternPacific, wheresea surface temperatureis highest, and in the mid-latitudinal band in all oceans. There arelatitudinal gradients in species diversity.[5]Biodiversity generally tends to cluster inhotspots,[6]and has been increasing through time,[7][8]but will be likely to slow in the future.[9]