Pros & Cons
3 Pros:
• Biodiversity is important to life because each living species has a role to play
• Greater species diversity ensures natural sustainability for all life forms
• Healthy ecosystems can better withstand and recover (resilience) from a variety of disasters
3 Cons:
• Sheer numbers are insufficient descriptors
• Functionality of species is more important
• There are Shannon’s and Simpson’s diversity indices
