Valuing biodiversity services, including its insurance against disease

25 Oct 05
DIVERSITAS, Paris

_40955580_sars_ap_203By diluting the pool of virus targets and hosts, biodiversity reduces their impact on humans and provides a form of global health insurance, biodiversity experts say.

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