International Biodiversity Day, guardian partner don't let the color of life fade

International online news (reporter Linvi): May 22 is the International Day of biodiversity. The United Nations has identified the theme of this year's International Day of biodiversity as "island biodiversity". Today, on this special day, let us call on the common guardian of our partners, so that the color of life no longer bleak.

Biodiversity refers to all the creatures on the Earth's biosphere, namely, animals, plants, microorganisms, and the genes and living conditions they possess. However, as human activity intensifies, biodiversity has been destroyed: over the past 30 years, we have lost almost three-tenths of the Earth's life, massive bleaching of coral reefs, and the gradual demise of rainforests. Biodiversity is the condition of human survival and the basis of sustainable development of economy and society. Tianqing, an associate professor at the Environmental Education Center at Beijing Normal University, sees biodiversity as an aspect of ecological security, food security, and species health.

"Biodiversity is very important to us, for example, economic value, our basic necessities are inseparable from it, we are sick, where are the medicinal herbs from?" also from nature. ”

However, as a result of human destruction of the environment and the relentless hunting of animals, many species are rapidly forgetting: Hainan Gibbon only a population of 23, Nu River Golden Monkey may have only 300; "Mermaid" Dugong has not appeared in Guangxi Sea area for many years ... Yueyang Porpoise Conservation Society volunteers Zhang told reporters that has been living on the Earth for 25 million years of the finless porpoise, because of river pollution and illegal fishing, is on the verge of extinction.

"The water quality of the Yangtze River has been deteriorating, seriously affecting the survival of the porpoise." Electric fishing is also very serious, why so serious? Because the fishermen can be Wan Yuan overnight. One night, we went in pursuit of the electric fishing boat, caught 2 ships 3 crew members, only 2 hours they caught 1015 kg. ”
There are many species that are squeezed by human beings like the Finless porpoise. According to statistics, the species on Earth are now disappearing at a rate of 1000 times times the normal level, and about 34,000 species of plants and more than 5,200 species are endangered worldwide.

There is often a lack of awareness that biodiversity is a chain, a biological extinction that can have an impact on the entire ecosystem, resulting in damage to soil, water quality, and frequent natural disasters. "We see more net income from natural habitats and biodiversity, but this is often accompanied by a reduction in other service functions and there is no repair and necessary input to damage the ecosystem," said Zhang Shigang, the United Nations Environment Programme's representative in Beijing. As a result, climate, atmosphere, water, soil and other environmental problems, as well as the frequency of natural disasters. ”

The United Nations has identified the theme of this year's International Day of biodiversity as "island biodiversity". The islands and their surrounding coastal waters constitute a unique ecosystem, which usually contains a large number of endemic flora and fauna. As a unique heritage of evolutionary history, the valuable value of these ecosystems cannot be replaced. At the same time, these ecosystems are critical to the livelihoods, economic, well-being and cultural identity of 600 million of island dwellers around the world.

Tianqing stressed that in order to protect biodiversity, in addition to protecting the habitats on which organisms depend, the idea of promoting biodiversity in society is also critical. Only when people are aware of the importance and necessity of protecting other species can there be fewer and less destructive ecological activities.

"There are at least two strategic approaches to conserving biodiversity." The first is the establishment of nature reserves; another, the loss of biological diversity is the main problem is our thinking of the natural environment of the problem, so through the education of biological diversity in environmental education to vigorously promote this thing, perhaps everyone's ideas will change, the behavior will naturally change. ”