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Biodiversity is a term used to describe the enormous variety of life on Earth. It can be used more specifically to refer to all of the species in one region or ecosystem. Biodiversity refers to every living thing, including plants, bacteria, animals, and humans. Scientists have estimated that there are around 8.7 million species of plants and animals in existence. However, only around 1.2 million species have been identified and described so far, most of which are insects. This means that millions of other organisms remain a complete mystery.
Over generations, all of the species that are currently alive today have evolved unique traits that make them distinct from other species. These differences are what scientists use to tell one species from another. Organisms that have evolved to be so different from one another that they can no longer reproduce with each other are considered different species. All organisms that can reproduce with each other fall into one species. Read more...
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What we should also stop ignoring & just be blaming Russia (as in the title) & more common elsewhere Russia’s Dictator Putin.
Yes, rare & INDIGENOUS planets are must stay in their indigenous lands, but not just them, they are destroying everything Ukraine. Why & what is origins of this destruction of Ukraine & the natural world & companion animals a long with the people are the summary of the history & undeniable facts, as follows.
By the way all that I am about to say is clearly against International Laws, that ineffective (if 1st world nations break the laws) UN is supposed to enforce. Another relatable (against International Laws) example is 80s-years of Palestine genocide & greater genocide of Palestine, from last few years.
Plus as you read this a thought experiment if you think about if USSR/Russia was substituted for The USA & The NATO was substituted for Mexico & Central America-South America & The USA (which is the original organizer of NATO) was substituted for Canada. So it would Canada organizing a “defensive” pact against The USA, which includes Mexico & all of the rest of The Americas.
During EX USA President Reagan‘s last bit of time in his 2nd-term, Ex-USSR’s final leader Gorbachev came to him to negotiate a deal, during Ex-USA President Clinton’s first bit time in office, he made a verbal contract/deal with Ex-USSR’s final leader Gorbachev that The USA & NATO would not advance past their current position towards Russia’s western/Western European boarder, not at their boarder (like now), but towards Russia, past I think was Germany. Another wards they agreed not to put The USA/NATO into the former states of The USSR & now Independent countries. Ex-USA President Clinton starts to do exactly that, while this going on USSR elects The USA Puppet Boris Yeltson their leader, while they are accepting more dominate role of Western Capitalism into their country, The Western Capitalist sank the country into horrible economic troubles for years, think worse our great depression, while The USA’s & Other Countries’ Rich-Super Rich Economic Classes/Owners raked in the huge profits. After being promised better lives, suffering so bad, for so long, the Russian people became so angry they elected an KGB officer Mr. Putin who said he was going to get tough & dreamed of a power Russia like The USSR was in his mind. Mr. Putin n right away proved to be stool Dictator for The Russian Rich-Super Rich Economic Classes/Owners. As The USA/NATO crawled towards Russia’s boarder.
Then when The USA/NATO decides they are build-up the military in Ukraine/Russia’s Western Boarder with The EU-NATO (clearly under International Laws no country may put military at another country’s boarder, that they are not involved in a war with, even if another country is involved in a war against the same country) leads to many military clashes between The USA/NATO & Ukraine VS Russia. Leads us to our current The USA/NATO & Ukraine VS Russia war, except this a lot more serious war than the past ones, Ukraine, the natural world, companion animals & the people are being destroyed. The current war had not begun, but Ex-USA President Biden was inciting war (The USA does not have The USA the world’s Biggest & Best Military Supply of Intelligence-weapons to a boardering country to The USA) with the evil dictator of Russia Putin in the press conferences, putting a bully into a corner (never a smart move, as bully’s only know -have in them- to strike back). What do you think The USA would do if Canada/Rest of The Americas had their militaries on Mexico/USA boarder & on Canada/USA boarder?
I remember long before any media or person I ran into was talking what about The Ukraine’s Natural World, my aunt reminded me that there a lot of animals suffering right with Ukraine people.
So yes, it is Natural World disaster what is happening in Ukraine, just as it is a disaster in every other way (always close to a Nuclear Power Plant disaster), but to blame it completely on Russia, Mr. Putin or/& The Russian Rich-Super Rich Economic Classes/Owners is ignorant of historical facts.To blame on The USA’s (as only country wanting the move to war, from the horrible, but under control situation post previous war) Military Complex need for greater profits & those The Western World Capitalist that dream of returning a Boris Yeltson like Russia.
My source of these facts is easy to search through & listen to, within ‘Free Speech’s ‘Democracy Now’s archives, start searching around 5-months (I think they started their pre-war coverage than) before the war started. https://www.democracynow.org/topics/ukraine/5
You could do the same using ‘Pirate TV’s (recording of talks, like the TED Talks & broadcasted for wider audiences, used to be on ‘Free Speech’) archive & search for videos after the war started.
https://edmaysproductions.net/