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What is the correlation between the destruction of forests and cultural diversity?
What is the correlation between the destruction of forests and cultural diversity?
The biological loss is strongly correlated with the loss of cultural diversity.
How do the losses of forests and wildlife affect forest-dependent communities?
How do the losses of forests and wildlife affect forest-dependent communities?
The losses increasingly marginalize and impoverish many indigenous and other forest-dependent communities who directly depend on various components of the forest and wildlife for food, drink, medicine, culture, spirituality, etc.
Which group is affected more by the depletion of resources in many societies?
Which group is affected more by the depletion of resources in many societies?
Women are affected more than men as they bear the major responsibility of collection of fuel, fodder, water, and other basic subsistence needs in many societies.