What is Biodiversity, and How Does it Affect Our Food Choices?I like to say “guilt does not make good gravy.”
One of the best investments we can make with our food choices is to support biodiversity by purchasing heritage breeds and heirloom varieties of fruits and vegetables.
Cheap food comes with hidden costs, and a bill we’ll all pay later.
This being the International Year of Biodiversity, its a good time to examine what this means and how it relates to being a Good Eater.
Biodiversity loss can be thought of in three ways:
The loss of species, extinction
The loss of genetic diversity within individual organisms
The destruction of ecosystems diversity – the loss of habitats
Each of these three has direct consequences for human beings, for our health, and for our ecosystems. Each also affects our food production and food security. Each is affected by the choices we make every day about the foods we eat.
One of the most current and topical examples of a biodiversity threat is the vanishing bluefin tuna. Whether we, as stewards of the planet and its oceans, will stop the depletion of our oceans and the loss of species like bluefin is still very much an open question.
You may feel that the loss of one species or another is inconsequential or has little relevance in your daily life. You may wonder why you should be concerned if the bluefin disappear forever. It’s far more complex an issue than simply being deprived of a favorite choice at the sushi bar. Did you hear, fish poo might save the planet?
The Journal Science measured the effects of marine excreted calcium carbonate on the ocean’s ability to absorb CO2 — the first connection between healthy fish populations and the ocean’s ability to stem global warming.
2010 the International Year of Biodiversity
The United Nations declared 2010 as the International Year of Biodiversity. This was the target year to halt the rate of global biodiversity loss. Targets were not met globally and new information continues to underscore the urgent need for action.




Similipal Biosphere Reserve (SBR) is declared as UNISCO heritage site but still it is neglected and not proper judicial protocol is working. So please what we can do in this respect. It is one of the most wildlife site of India. A house of tiger, elephant, crocodile reading centre, diversity of animals & birds, , most valuable medicinal plants , lass green valley and perennial water resource.
If any individual, Organisation, institution, agency or funding, donor or bacterial funding agency interested to work and save our valuable biosphere resource from the anthropogenic threat. The Similipal Biosphere Reserve (SBR) is situated in centre of Mayurbhanj District and sate of Orissa ,India. . Please well come for the noble cause.

Thanking you.

Samir Kumar Sahu,



Executive Director,



Mayurbhanj Biological Research (MBR)



Bhanjpur, Baripada-2,Mayurbhanj,Orissa,India.



Call:+91-9437239929.



E-mail:mbrindia@gmail.com