A biodiverse ecosystem can boast a rich abundance of species. More diverse systems often have lower rates of disease among animals, humans and plants. Biodiverse environments are also sources for modern medicine to develop new pharmaceuticals.
For example, tackling forest degradation across the pan-European region is an important step towards sustaining a biodiverse region and a healthy population.
Over the last 20 years, the stock volume of trees across Europe has increased by 0.39 per cent, even if in some of the region’s biodiversity hotspots forests are still being threatened and illegal logging is still ongoing. It is important that we keep protecting forests and biodiversity in the region to continue growing towards a healthier future!
If this interests you, find out more on p.35 and p.231 in the sixth Global Environmental Outlook report for the pan-European region.
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