Saving our Biodiversity

[Duke]

Some 65% of our plants, 70% of our invertebrates and 56% of our amphibians occur nowhere else on the planet.

20% of our mammals, 13% of our plants and 10% of our birds and frogs are threatened by extinction.

Excluding the value of water resources, the non-marine ecosystem services provided by our natural environment (crop pollination; provision of food, shelter, fuel, recreational and cultural space, medicinal plants and clean air; protection against soil erosion and the impacts of climate change; etc.) contribute an estimated R73 billion to South Africa’s economy every year.

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[Richprins]

Ja, Duke!

What's saving said SA areas at the moment is Tourism Value, mostly, I think?

Not conservation considerations. So money is the key to protecting land from the "locust mentality" that ravages the globe in 3rd world Nations, which we are becoming part of, unfortunately...