Consensus is growing that we are steering towards a sixth mass extinction event. There are calls for increased efforts to stop the accelerating loss of plants and animals. But do we really need to protect all species from global extinction? Coral reefs are like an underwater metropolis and function in similar ways. Coral reefs function like New York, London, Sydney or Sydney and are not homogeneous groups of organisms that provide a homogeneous service to the reef. The Coral City is the equivalent of bustling metropolitan hubs such as New York or Sydney.”]
Source: https://gizmodo.com/it-s-survival-of-the-most-useful-when-protecting-specie-1679196776