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As years of warfare, drought, and new settlements have taken a toll on the nationâs biodiversity resources, UNEP has partnered with the Government of Afghanistan to assess the status of these precious ecosystems and determine how best to promote their sustainable conservation.s years of warfare, drought, and new settlements have taken a toll on the nationâs biodiversity resources, UNEP has partnered with the Government of Afghanistan to assess the status of these precious ecosystems and determine how best to promote their sustainable conservation.
The idea that declining diversity compromises the functioning of ecosystems was controversial for many years, says Duffy, a marine ecologist who has studied the effects of biodiversity loss in seagrass beds. This paper should be the final nail in the coffin of that controversy.