What does "ecological diversity" mean to you? Examples? Of what significance is it to us (humans) and to our societies?
It means a variety of beings and how many of them. Like a forest has a large variety of different plant lives and can have a specific # of each type of plant. This is important for a lot of reason; some of which are:
ability to support other life (edible grass/plants for deer)
balance of carnivores and herbivores
For humans or really any life it is important because it relates to our ability to get energy sources (food). If there is a shortage of usable energy sources (edible plants/animals) then we over use what is available making it unable to support the population and we die. By having variety it should allow us to use better conservation and prevent extinction.
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