Shiva-What Is Biodiveristy And Why Is It Important

Biodiversity is being described by Vandana Shiva as "what forms the very fabric of life and provides the conditions for life's emergence and maintenance and the many different ways in which life is expressed (Shiva 38)". I see this as how living species occupy the earth by interacting with one another. But because of the growing negative effect that is described throughout the novel, such as globalization and industrialization, biodiversity is being threatened. Animal species are at the mist risk with their environments being changed and destroyed and not being able to adapt and maintain life. " According to the IUCN, 1029 birds,1083, 507 mammals, 169 reptiles  57 amphibians, 713 fish... are threatened (46)."  With over 11 percent of mammals, 10 percent of birds, a bit over 3 p percent of reptiles being threatened this is a much larger rate compared to a century ago. With the transformation of the food industry thousands of acres of environment is being used for factories causing much pollution and destroying the biodiversity in these areas. Another reason for the destruction of biodiversity  is the modern scheme for agriculture. Even though it may be more efficient with money and time this is unnatural ways that are causing a great threat.  This globalization has caused many negative trends regarding population of species. In the past a wide variety of species were used but now they are being replaced by hybrid species and that about 1/5th of freshwater fish are being endangered. Globalization is something that has been going on for hundreds of years and continues to grow, but with the increase interest in conservation  this is an issue that has the potential to be slowed down, such as the Plan B, hopefully it can be stalled.