Week 9
I presented on Friday and I'll continue to improve upon it for the final presentation in May. My essay is on its way to completion. Here's an edited segment: Biodiversity is extremely important and can remain preserved if we save as many endangered species as possible. According to GreenFacts (2005), “biodiversity is the variability among living organisms from all sources, including terrestrial, marine, and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part; this includes diversity within species, between species, and of ecosystems.” Biodiversity is important because it is “essential in supporting human existence, for health, well-being and the provision of livelihoods” (Christie 2012). Each species in the environment is important to contributing biodiversity, which is one reason why we are trying to save and repopulate endangered species. The Gila cypha is an endangered species of fish. It resides in six places on the planet; one being in different