Identify several reasons for the importance of maintaining the earth's biodiversity SPI 0807.5.4

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1. Biodiversity - from the Encyclopedia of Earth
2. Biodiversity - from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
3. Biodiversity - from Wikipedia
4. Biodiversity 911 - saving life on Earth from the World Wildlife Foundation [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
5. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning - maintaining natural life support processes [14 page newsletter from the Ecological Society of America] [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
6. Biodiversity: Everything Counts - from the American Museum of Natural History [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
7. Biodiversity Hotspots - the most remarkable places on Earth are also the most threatened
   1. Interactive Map of Biodiversity HotSpots
8. Sacred Places and Biodiversity Conservation - author Leslie E Sponsel [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
9. Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World - (from National Geographic) information and images for all 867 land-based ecoregions on the planet

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