Photo courtesy of Takshanuk Watershed Council.

By Stacie Evans – Science Director at Takshanuk Watershed Council

Biodiversity loss is a hot topic these days, often sharing space with climate change in the news. Pithy headlines paint a depressing picture as more species go extinct each day, but many are left to wonder why this really matters. Aren’t there worse things to worry about? Unfortunately, not really. It turns out that humanity needs many different species,…