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The future of biological diversity in a crowded world

机译：在拥挤的世界中生物多样性的未来

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Scientific advances over the past century have led to improvements in most peoples' lives, in both developed and developing worlds. But increasingly we recognize that many of these benefits have not been produced in a sustainable way, particularly as human populations continue to grow and the diversity and abundance of many other species diminishes. What happens to our world, and to us and the creatures we share the world with, in the future depends on the actions we take now. How well do we know the world of plants, animals and micro-organisms with which we share this planet? The answer, by any one of a variety of objective measures, must be: not very well. First, estimates of the number of species that have been named and recorded (a simple factual question, like how many books in the library catalogue?) range from 1.4 to 1.8 million. Second, estimates of the total number of species present on earth today range over more than an order-of-magnitude, from a Iow of around 3 million to a high of 30 million or possibly much more. And third, we have even less idea of the rates at which species may currently be going extinct, as a result of habitat destruction and other consequences of human population growth.
机译：过去一个世纪的科学进步导致发达国家和发展中国家大多数人民的生活得到改善。但是，越来越多的我们认识到，其中许多好处并不是以可持续的方式产生的，特别是随着人口的不断增长以及许多其他物种的多样性和丰富度下降。未来，我们的世界以及与我们共享世界的生物所发生的一切取决于我们现在采取的行动。我们对与这个星球共享的植物，动物和微生物世界的了解程度如何？通过各种客观措施中的任何一种，答案必须是：不是很好。首先，已命名和记录的物种数量（一个简单的事实性问题，例如图书馆目录中有几本书？）的估计范围是1.4到180万。其次，对当今地球上物种总数的估计范围超过一个数量级，从大约300万的最高点到3000万的最高点，甚至更多。第三，由于生境破坏和人口增长的其他后果，我们对物种目前可能灭绝的速度的了解甚至更少。

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