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DEFINITION
BIO
Biodiversity is the term used to describe the variety of life on Earth and all natural processes. This includes ecosystem, genetic and cultural diversity and the connections between these and all species, including humans. Ecosystem services are the benefits provided by healthy biodiversity to all living things. There is growing recognition of the value of ecosystem services to human well-being in terms of health, social, cultural and economic needs. Read more about ecosystem services on page 2 of this report.
DIVER
SITY
Produced: December 2019
© eThekwini Municipality, 2019
Compiled by: Timothy Wiggill, Specialist Ecologist, Biodiversity Planning, EPCPD Reviewed by: Zodwa Ngubeni, Acting Manager, Biodiversity Planning, EPCPD
