Microbes, animals, and plants all work together to maintain soil quality, which includes aeration, turn-over, and generation of new soil though the decomposition of organic and mineral matter. Microbes are also the key players in waste disposal through the decomposition of organic and inorganic matter. Biological pest control is natural and chemical-free, safer for humans and the environment. However, this means paying attention to indigenous biodiversity since no two ecosystems are exactly alike. One species which effectively combats pests in one region might very well be totally in effectual on the same family of pests in another region.
Diversity encourages resistance to devastating pests and diseases in our food supply.
Isolation from natural elements has been shown to result in anxiety,depression, and slower healing time of convalescents. Moral responsibility stems from the simple fact that humans are by and large responsible for the state of the global environment, so it only makes sense that they should be the ones to clean it up. This includes all forms of life from microbes to trees to squirrels and mountain lions. The goal of the National Biological Survey is no less than to survey and catalog every species of flora and fauna in the United States. A similar approaching to finding and naming the diversity of life on earthis called an ATBI, or All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory.