The power of biodiversity: feedback loops for positive change | Tom Crowther | TEDxPorto

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Biodiversity is fundamental in fostering healthy ecosystems on which life depends. Restoration is a powerful tool that can be harnessed by individuals to collectively build a just and equitable future, for people and for nature.

Prof. Tom Crowther explains the concept of feedback loops and their influence on various aspects of life. He emphasises that restoration offers us a chance to build a potent new feedback loop that leads to transformative change, allowing both nature and humans to thrive.

Tom Crowther is an ecologist exploring the connections between biodiversity and climate change. Whilst recognising that reducing the amount of emissions we are releasing into the atmosphere is key to achieving our climate goals, Tom is on a mission to make the case for nature as a vital tool in addressing climate change.

Healthy ecosystems are major carbon sinks, they can contribute to 30% of our climate goals. Protecting and restoring nature is vital to stop runaway biodiversity loss. But investing in nature also gives us tools to sink atmospheric carbon and prevent the further release of stored carbon.
Thriving ecosystems means thriving biodiversity. Thriving biodiversity underpins many of the processes that not only support human wellbeing, but also that remove carbon from the atmosphere. It's a virtuous feedback loop. Healthy nature results in an increased ecosystem capacity to sink carbon. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx