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There is a huge range of biodiversity in The Ore mountains with many diverse ecosystems. This is caused thanks different climate zones and different soils. This region is famous because of its oaks, beeches, and oak-hornbeam woods. Apart from forestry landscapes one can find biodiverse peat boxes and grasslands. Especially the Ore mountain peat boxes are very important for the region because of providing fresh water. The high biodiversity is important for climate change and other ecosystem services. <br> | There is a huge range of biodiversity in The Ore mountains with many diverse ecosystems. This is caused thanks different climate zones and different soils. This region is famous because of its oaks, beeches, and oak-hornbeam woods. Apart from forestry landscapes one can find biodiverse peat boxes and grasslands. Especially the Ore mountain peat boxes are very important for the region because of providing fresh water. The high biodiversity is important for climate change and other ecosystem services. <br> | ||
=== Facts about biodiversity <br> === | === Facts about biodiversity and what it would provide to human beings <br> === | ||
There is substantial scope for greater protection of biodiversity through actions justified on their economic merits for material or other benefits to human well-being. Conservation of biodiversity is essential as a source of particular biological resources, to maintain different ecosystem services, the resilience of ecosystems, and to provide options for the future. These benefits that biodiversity provides to people have not been well reflected in decision-making and resource management, and thus the current rate of loss of biodiversity is higher than it would be had these benefits been taken into account. Benefits in this region are especially in providing fresh water (from peat boxes), wood and fiber. High biodiversity is also important for accumulating CO2, cleaning the air, water purification and from cultural point of view for its aesthetic and educational functions. This mean for the population well being because of security (personal safety, secure resource access and security from disasters), providing basic material for good life (adequate livelihoods, sufficient nutritious food shelter and access to goods). Another important thing in this region is positive influence on strength of health, feeling well, access to clean air mainly, and on social relations like social cohesion, mutual respect and ability to help others. <br> | |||
== Policy <br> == | == Policy <br> == | ||