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Biodiversity refers to the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem. It is necessary for life to thrive on Earth.

Aldo Leopold, one of the great thinkers of conservation, observed more than half a century ago the importance of protecting species. "To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering," he wrote. Losing species is like throwing away one by one the engine parts of an airplane while flying.

Biodiversity is a major initiative of Conservation International.

Biodiversity conservation provides substantial benefits to meet immediate human needs, such as those for clean, consistent water flows; protection from floods and storms; and a stable climate. 

Curated by mokiethecat

Coyote in the Sonoran Desert
November 27, 2018
Coyotes fill a varied and complicated role in the human psyche in America: these wild and wily native canines have been afforded the role of god, trickster, pest, sex addict, buffoon and hero. They are heralded by some for their intelligence and adaptability and reviled by others for their raids on livestock profits and encroachment on “civilized” communities. Though seldom seen, coyotes roam the boulevards of Hollywood and the back allies of the Big Apple; they hunt in pastureland outside of Disneyland in Florida and yap in the moonlight in the borderlands of Arizona. Coyotes are pervasively American: cunning, rebellious and beautiful. Special thanks to Jerry Rowlette for the amazing remote-camera footage captured in the Tucson mountains of Arizona.