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TEEB Project (The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity), supported by the Program is

United Nation Environment Programme (UNEP), involving 250 Scientists around the world, seeks to answer this question to demonstrate the value of ecosystems and all aspects would be lost if not taken steps to preserve them.

According to information from BBC World, one of the methods that researchers used to determine the value of a service is to consider what it would cost replace it if not available.

What TEEB researchers want to emphasize is how to protect biodiversity creates jobs, significant savings and mobility in the economic sector.

The difficulty is that many of the services that nature offers is not always obvious. The big challenge is to integrate business knowledge to assess the ecological services of ecosystems, examine the costs of biodiversity loss and the benefits that entails keeping. BATS

Carlos Muñoz, Mexican scientist and member of TEEB, graphics a bit targets project with an example. He said that the city of Monterrey, in northern Mexico, living in a cave a million bats. "The scientists found that at dusk, flying mammals leave the area Moroleón, where citrus and other plants, and kill many of the pests that damage these crops."

Due to these reasons, local farmers will not invest so much money on pesticides, and this will produce healthier crops. If that does not protect the cave, they lose a lot of money in this region. In this case would be more contaminated crops and also the environment would most affected. Although rural

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losses "would not realize it is due to the loss of biodiversity," he said. AMAZON

In the case of the Amazon forest, the majority of people known as the "lungs of the world" for the important contribution they have absorbed CO2 from the air.

"However, few consider the impact of deforestation on soil erosion, and the effect of erosion in sediment reaching the rivers and the impact this has in turn in the operation of hydroelectric plants," said Berghöfer Augustin, another scientist

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research also highlights other intangible services provided by the environment as inspiration for art, education and sense of identity and belonging.

According to scientists, raising the economic profile of biodiversity can generate exchange rate policies and ensure the ecological stability of the planet.

Source: El Comercio