Pablo Amaringo & the Usko Ayar Amazonian School of Painting

Lessons: Biodiversity, Ethnobotany, Medicine, Sustainable Development Bio (life) and diversity (variety), biodiversity describes the variety of living things. There is diversity of species of plants and animals; diversity with where they live and what they do. There is diversity within a species: like the differences among human beings, and even between bothers & sisters. There is cultural diversity, differences in relationships with nature. Ecology is the study of how species live and interact with each other. The place and role it plays. "The ecological 'niche' of an organism depends not only on where it lives but also on what it does. By analogy, it may be said that the habitat is the organism's address, and the niche is its profession, biologically speaking." © Odum - Fundamentals of Ecology - WB Saunders 1959

All life has a unique role !

"All life on earth is part of one great, interdependent system. It interacts with, and depends on, the non-living components of the planet: atmosphere, oceans, freshwaters, rocks, and soils. Humanity depends totally on this community of life--this biosphere--of which we are an integral part.

Biological diversity, or biodiversity, is the variety of the world's organisms, including their genetic diversity and the assemblages they form.

It is the blanket term for the natural biological wealth that undergirds human life and well-being. The breadth of the concept reflects the interrelatedness of genes, species, and ecosystems."

New Interactive Multimedia Edutainment !

Visit The Guardians of the Millennium - an interactive educational environmental game, in part based on the Usko Ayar Amazonian School of Painting.

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