Laudato Si’ it recognizes the value of biodiversity, but the question is, to conserve species or genetic diversity?

Abstract

The essay has two purposes, the first one to highlight the importance of biodiversity for the
maintenance of life, and for this it starts from the Encyclical letter of the Holy Father Francisco,
on the care of the common home, where it also develops a whole point on the biodiversity,
importance and crisis. It is argued that the dichotomy that society uses for many aspects (sciences
or humanities, culture or sciences, social problems or environmental problems), are an obstacle
to advance to a more just society for citizens and the environment. And for this, scientists are not
the only elements of our culture that can participate in its development. The other purpose is to
raise two aspects to understand when talking about the conservation of biodiversity. The first has
a political, social and cultural dimension. The second is more technical, referring to the status given
to the term biodiversity, a problem that seems subtle, but it is not, since the conception of the
agent that studies or proposes biodiversity conservation measures will depend on the spheres of
action involved, which implies the adoption of totally different conservation strategies.