Biodiversity means there will at least be a sufficient variety of organisms on the basis of their inherited genetic make-up. It is key for the planet’s survival even though it has been way down the list of priorities; it seems the automaker crisis is more important yet the ruining of our natural resources has had a much longer history that the failure of Chrysler to stay afloat. I can think of the loss of links in the food chain because of the elimination of this variety of genes out there. I also think of the loss of potential biomedical research should we be removing unknown species from our environment before we had a chance to determine how they may be able to help us find new cures.

Examples of losses of diversity due to the destruction of the environmental niches have pointed to the essential interconnectivity between the physical and biological worlds we live in. Destroying the rain forests for the sake of an expanding human population has raised issues that the elimination of the physical environment will eventually wreak havoc on biological systems and curb our ability in gaining knowledge of organisms that could enrich our lives. A recent interview on the Pete Rose program made a clear suggestion that the human population although in the billions could be thought out much more intelligently so that urbanization could be less damaging and that flora and fauna would not be decimated as they have been. An example of the extreme reduction of the native bird population of Hawaii and the urban development along the California coastline is a testimony to the noxious effects of poorly structured urbanization projects.