Fidelity Sustainability Series: Biodiversity

Biodiversity is the balance and variety of life on earth. It refers to the living component of natural capital, which more broadly encompasses the world’s stock of natural resources, including geology (rocks and minerals), soil, air, and water. Together all components of natural capital interact to provide ecosystem services, such as pollination and food production, air circulation, climate regulation, flood protection and carbon sequestration, from which we derive social, economic and cultural benefits.

 

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