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So for this question, we are continuing to have a good discussion and examination of conservation biology.
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And we are working through a problem where we're talking about the stark reality of conservation biology, which is that there are limited resources, unfortunately, that can ultimately go into conservation efforts.
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So there's only a finite, currently amount of money that can be put into these biologists work or research or efforts.
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So because of this, there needs to be some sort of prioritization.
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So we need to prioritize how we spend these resources to try and find out or to try and be very transparent on what is, what needs the most attention at this moment, right? so which of the following should receive the greatest attention for the goal of conserving biodiversity? okay.
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So let's just talk a little bit about biodiversity.
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Because we need to understand what this is before we even move forward.
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So, our diversity, if we just look at the word, we see bio, which means life and diversity, which means variety.
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So i'll just say variety of organisms.
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That's essentially how we can think about this, a variety of different organisms that will be found in different habitats and ecosystems, that sort of thing.
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So let's look at the different answer options and try and work through.
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So we have answer option a, which is going to be commercially important species.
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When we're talking about commercially, we're just talking about money, right? so we're talking about organisms or species that might be important in certain ventures that humans do, whether it's maybe certain animals allow crops to exist and flourish that bringing a lot of money to different areas, which sounds like a good idea, but it sounds a little bit lacking altruism, if you catch my drift.
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It's a little bit self -involved, and it might not be as important for the actual ecosystems as filling certain people's pockets.
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So i don't think that's probably the best way to even think about this issue in how to go about it.
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Then we have d, all endangered species that are vertebrates.
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And by vertebrates, we're talking about skeletons, right? some sort of skeletal system here.
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All endangered invertebrates, which sounds very great.
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Sounds like we need to definitely pay a lot of attention and try and have some efforts to try and preserve these species.
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But in reality, there are so many species here.
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So when we're talking about prioritizing, we need to narrow down the scope of our efforts a little bit.
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So although this is a great goal, and if we had infinite resources...