Value of Biodiversity

Question 1

What is the financial cost of honey bee decline in the USA

Answer 1

$5.7 BILLION A YEAR

from reduced crop yield

Question 2

What are 5 direct uses of biodiversity?

Answer 2

food
fashion
timber
tourism 
medicine 
resources

Question 3

what are 3 potential values of biodiversity

Answer 3

future medicines/ vaccines
landscape 
substitutes for depleted resources 
genes for plant breeding 
environmental indicators

Question 4

what are 3 non-use values of biodiversity

Answer 4

spiritual
visual aesthetics 
wellbeing 
cultural value 
recreational 
educational 
knowledge

Question 5

what are 3 ecological values of biodiversity?

Answer 5

air quality 
climate regulation
water regulation 
nutrient cycling 
photosynthesis
flood control 
disease regulation 
pollination