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As we reflect on the value of the covenant God established with humanity and all creation in yesterday’s reading, we ask ourselves: what is biodiversity and why is it important? What do the numbers tell us about how much of it we’re losing, and why?

In their occasional series on the ecological sciences, the Catholic Ecology blog talks with Dr. Peter Raven, an active member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and one of the world’s leading botanists and advocates of conservation and biodiversity.