If biodiversity arose spontaneously, why worry about human impacts on biodiversity? Won it evolve again?
Remember, it takes millions of years for the oceans to be replenished with diversity after the end of the Permian extinction. From a practical viewpoint, humans may go extinct as loss of biodiversity impacts on our existence. From an aesthetic viewpoint, loss of species we revere (polar bears, birds, frogs, plants) impacts our human experience profoundly. From an ethical/spiritual viewpoint, many people hold that we are the stewards of the Earth, and have a moral obligation to pass on resources to future generations.
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