TY - JOUR
AU1 - Pimentel, David
AU2 - Wilson, Christa
AU3 - McCullum, Christine
AU4 - Huang, Rachel
AU5 - Dwen, Paulette
AU6 - Flack, Jessica
AU7 - Tran, Quynh
AU8 - Saltman, Tamara
AU9 - Cliff, Barbara
AB - Economic and Environmental Benefits of Biodiversity The annual economic and environmental benefits of biodiversity in the United States total approximately $300 billion David Pimente!, Christa Wilson, Christine McCullum, Rachel Huang, Paulette Dwen, Jessica Flack, Quynh Tran, Tamara Saltman, and Barbara Cliff (biodiversity), including their genes 11 ecosystems and human 50- and biomass, to humans and to the cieties depend on a healthy Some aspects of environment. We assess the economic and productive natural envi­ and environmental benefits of the ronment that contains diverse plant conserving biodiversity following major contributions of and anima! species. The earth's biota biodiversity: organic waste disposal, is composed of an estimated 10 mil­ are expensive, although soil formation, biological nitrogen lion species of plants, animals, and they may return microhes (Pimm er a1. 1995). In the fixation, crop and livestock genetics. biological pest control, plant polli­ United Stares, thefe are an estimated major dividends nation, and pharmaceuticals. Such 750,000 species, of which small or­ an assessment can serve as a founda­ ganisms, such as arthropods and tion to develop strategies and poli­ microbes, make up 95%.1 Although 1993), and ifthis trend continues, as eies to preserve biological diversity approximately 60% of the world's many as 
TI - Economic and Environmental Benefits of Biodiversity
JF - BioScience
DO - 10.2307/1313097
DA - 1997-12-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/economic-and-environmental-benefits-of-biodiversity-c5QXmr1F6W
SP - 747
EP - 757
VL - 47
IS - 11
DP - DeepDyve
ER -