I am a student at Dana College in Blair, Nebraska. Late Twentieth Century World class. In this class we discuss many of the problems we face today, and into the next millenium.
Biodiversity is a scientific name that is short for biological diversity.
Plant extinction rates used to be around ten species a year, but in this century they are at least a thousand species a year. One out of eight plant species is at risk to go extinct. Plant Biodiversity, in particular, is arguably the single greatest resource that human kind has garnered from nature during out long cultural development. John Tuxill Biodiversity is lost when gene pools within species evaporate and plants have no wild ancestors. This is caused by humans taking over the land and growing only one type of crop.