(ANSA) – TRIESTE, 26 JUL – Human activities have led to a pervasive decline in the health and well-being of the natural world, such as excessive use of land and sea, excessive harvesting of many plants and animals, climate change. A trend that will increase further, worsening the situation. But we can change by learning from the amazing range of forms and functions of life on Earth.
like plants, the main source for the entry of energy and mass into the biosphere. Sandra Diaz (University of Cordoba, Argentina), professor of ecology, is convinced of this, speaking today at the Quantitative Human Ecology workshop organized by the Trieste Int. Foundation (FIT), ICTP, Sante Fe Inst. and SISSA; co-sponsored by the US Mission in Italy, underway at the ICTP in Trieste. The conference, which will end on 29 July, aims to define a research agenda so that basic sciences can contribute to sustainability.
For the scholar, among the approximately 391,000 known plant species there may be more useful general models, especially for the types of physical plant structures that tend to thrive. Identifying such patterns could provide clues to the future and how best to act to help preserve nature.
Michel Dacorogna (University of Zurich, Switzerland), on the other hand, who deals with insurance mathematics, capital management and risks, stresses that modern “rich” companies have a lot to lose and therefore must be insured to avoid losses, specifying that, however , the risks on the planet are increasing. For example, due to the increasing concentration of the human population in hazardous areas, human mobility. As new technologies are developed, new types of risks also emerge, such as cyber attacks. In general, the risks increase because we see an increase in the speed of progress and a decrease in the time to make decisions. For Dacorogna, society can become more “mature” but only if it understands that risk is an essential component of progress and innovation. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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