A topic from the book, “Ecology: The Economy of Nature,” that really stood out to me was in Chapter 23 when the authors, Robert Ricklefs and Rick Relyea, discussed global conservation of biodiversity. In the concluding chapter of the textbook conservation efforts were discussed in attempt to save animals from dying and eventually going extinct. Global conservation of biodiversity is important because it can slow down the rate of extinction for animals that human activities have caused.
Biodiversity brings many values to the world which can be social, economic, or ecological considerations. First, there is the instrumental value of biodiversity which focuses on economic values that species can offer. For example, lumber for building and crops