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BIODIVERSITY IN THE LIGHT OF CURRENT, FORGOTTEN
AND FORBIDDEN SCIENCES
Ján Brindza

Institute of Biodiversity Conservation and Biosafety, Faculty of Agrobiology and Food Resources,
Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Slovak Republic; E-mail.: Jan.brindza@uniag.sk

The Convention on Biological Diversity is one of the most important international
conventions in the field of the environment and the conservation of Life on Earth. It was first
signed at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development on 5 June 1992 in
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and entered into force on 29 December 1993. The Convention
objectives are 1) biodiversity conservation – protecting Life on Earth, 2) sustainable use of its
components, and 3) fair distribution of benefits from the utilized genetic resources. The
Convention is a very noble and necessary aim for the conservation and development of
contemporary civilization. But what is the truth after 25 years of fulfilling these noble aims?
With the participation of scientists and diplomats from 130 countries around the world, was
realized a conference in Paris on April 29 2019, which adopted the first global 1800-pages
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report on the state of Earth's ecosystems. More than 150 experts and tens of their
collaborators were working on it for more than three years and reported: 'Up to now, the
importance of biodiversity has been discussed, particularly from an environmental point of
view. Now is forefront fact, that nature is the 'key to food production, clean water,
medicine, and even social cohesion'. Unfortunately, 'immediate acceleration of species
extinction' is expected. It is endangered from half a million to a million species, and this will
happen 'the next decades' for many species. Humankind stands on the threshold of the
sixth mass extinction of species, the first since the momentous birth of Humankind. José
Gregorio Mirabal, president of the indigenous community in the Amazon, expressed it very
clearly 'Science tells us what our smart old men have been saying for decades: The Earth is
dying'. George Bernard Shaw described this situation very briefly many years ago 'We are
taught to fly in the air like birds, and to swim in the water like the fishes; but how to live
on the Earth we don’t know'. Does it follow that nothing has improved in 25 years of
implementation of the Convention?! How is it possible that the activities of Homo sapiens
civilization, with all international organizations, scientific institutions, universities and
researchers' intellectual potential, have shown positive effects only a minor extent? And
continue to 'We are infringing the foundations of our economy, subsistence, food security,
health and quality of life around the world' (Watson, 2019). I do not consider myself a
specialist in analyzing the state of conservation and use of biodiversity versus agri-
biodiversity. As an ordinary inhabitant of this planet Earth, I also have the right to express at
least my opinion on the complexity of the matter. Therefore, I would like to state my
viewpoint. Conservation and utilization of biodiversity – means preserving Life in all its forms
of diversity. It is a simple characteristic. But all forms of diversity of life are known to neither
the scientific public nor the general public. Is the contemporary scientific community able to
define the Life? The main difficulty in interpreting this very complex issue is that the large
majority of the planet's inhabitants perceive life as such, only at a technocratic level, and the
spiritually is disregarded. According to the latest evidence, there are 390 900 plant species
registered on our planet. Almost 2,000 new species are registered every year, but the number
of endangered species is also increasing. Civilization can use over 70,000 species at the level
of agri-biodiversity, but in fact, it only uses around 7,000 species from those resources. The
same state is for animal species of microorganisms. It is now well known that every object
that is composed of atoms has its own Energy Field – commonly called an aura that can be
changed by human word. So, where is the borderline between animate and inanimate matter
called? In the Romanian region of Vâlcea, there are stones called trovants, which are evidently
growing. For its uniqueness, this region is included in the UNESCO list of natural monuments.

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