Why do you care about biodiversity
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Why should we care?
Why preserve biodiversity?
Assignment
• In a few sentences describe why you value biodiversity.
• If you don’t that is fine. But, please explain why.
• Now watch the presentation. • Then, add a few sentences describing how your reasons for wither valuing or not valuing biodiversity have changed.
Instrumental Value I
• Goods
Instrumental Value I
• Goods – Food – Fuel – Fiber – Medicine
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Instrumental Value II
• Services
Instrumental Value II
• Services – Pollination – Nitrogen Fixation – Flood control – Erosion control – Climate regulation
• Local • Global
Instrumental Value III
• Information
Instrumental Value III
• Information – Genetic Engineering – Applied Biology – Sustainable Harvest – Pure Science
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Instrumental Value IV
• Psycho-Spiritual
Instrumental Value IV
• Psycho-Spiritual – Aesthetic beauty – Religious or Spiritual Value – Intergenerational Value – Scientific Knowledge
Intrinsic Value
• Biocentric View • The right of nature to exist for its own sake