Wayne Gilchrest: “Biodiversity means all of the species on this planet that have evolved over millions of years that have created…”

“Biodiversity means all of the species on this planet that have evolved over millions of years that have created, literally, life on the planet. We have air because of living organisms on this planet. We have purifying techniques in life forms on this planet for our atmosphere. We have animals in the oceans, for example, a whole range of species, from microorganisms right on up to whales that interact with each other that cause what we call the balance of nature. The planet Earth exists the way we know it, we breathe the air, drink the water, eat the food, we find medicines in the natural environment to cure diseases. This happens as a result of over millions of years of evolution of different species reacting with each other to form the planet Earth.”