Biodiversity in Food, Tools, and Medicine

Biodiversity supports human life through food, tools, medicine, and many other needs. Changes in the variety of species can also change the environment. Those environmental shifts can alter weather patterns and affect human civilizations.

People have depended on biodiversity for agriculture since...

Biodiversity is a critical component of human healthy, productivity, and cultural values.

While many plants produce secondary plant compounds for defense against insects and other herbivores they can also work as medication for humans. In addition, poisons and venoms produced by animals like snakes and snails have also led tor treatments...