Authorities must ensure respect for diversity.
Diversity comes from the Latin word diversitas . It is a notion that refers to difference , variety , abundance of different things or dissimilarity .
Cultural diversity , for example, refers to the coexistence and interaction between different cultures .
Importance of cultural and sexual diversity
The existence of multiple cultures is considered an important asset for humanity as it contributes to knowledge . Each person, on the other hand, has the right to have his or her culture respected by other people and by the authorities.
In many cases, the survival of a culture is threatened by the advance of another culture with a hegemonic vocation. In these cases, the government and institutions must protect the culture that has less power in order to guarantee its survival and, in this way, ensure cultural diversity.
In this same sense, sexual diversity is the existence of different sexual orientations and identities. Minority groups, including homosexuals and bisexuals, are responsible for defending this concept so that their rights are not violated and they can access the same opportunities as the majority (heterosexuals).
Biodiversity
Biological diversity or biodiversity refers to the immense variety of living beings that inhabit the planet after millions of years of evolution. Environmental balance depends on the maintenance and protection of biodiversity. This classification includes species belonging to both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.
In order to establish and quantify the diversity of species in a region, it was necessary to know the species taxonomically, in order to establish the importance that each species occupies within the ecosystem. Taxonomy is the science that studies the different living organisms and the relationships that are established between them and their environment. It is one of the pillars for the existence of biodiversity because it allows us to approach an ecosystem and understand the different roles that each species has in the natural space.
Biological diversity is important for the planet.
Furthermore, diversity is linked to genetics , so much so that there is a concept known as genetic diversity , which is dedicated to the study of the different phenotypes between individuals that are part of the same species, and how each one interacts with the environment .
Ecological diversity
Ecological diversity is another of the major branches of biodiversity. It is dedicated to the study of the variety of species existing within the same ecosystem. We could say that it is the synthetic study of biodiversity, which focuses only on the specimens that exist in the same habitat and is dedicated to studying the way in which the actions of these can modify the natural environment. Ecological diversity analyses the composition of the landscape, the variety of species that reside there and the influences that some project on others .
One of the great names that comes to mind when thinking about biodiversity is Jacques Cousteau , a French researcher passionate about life and, above all, about our actions on the planet, who demonstrated great concern for the future of the Earth.
In his extensive studies of life on Earth, Cousteau expressed the importance that small actions could have on the future of what surrounds us ; and, above all, he expressed his desire that our species become more attentive to the needs of the natural environment it faced when it approached nature and be respectful of what it found there, because the modification of the life of a small species could mean a natural rupture that had taken decades or even centuries to achieve and condemned to death who knows how many species.