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Please choose one of the following topics/questions and compose a brief reply (a few paragraphs rather than a full essay). You can use the readings, videos, or other sources to help you with your answer. Conservation Triage: Prioritizing Health vs. Charisma Biodiversity loss affects human welfare through the collapse of ecosystems that provide essential ecosystem services, including the natural compounds used for medicine. Many medications, including antibiotics (largely derived from fungi and bacteria), were originally found in natural organisms. If conservation efforts are forced to prioritize (conservation triage), should environmental science focus more resources on protecting biodiversity hotspots known for highly visible or charismatic species (like the endangered Sumatran tiger or orangutan), or should we prioritize the largely undescribed microbial and genetic diversity-the ultimate source of future antibiotics and new crop varieties? Need Assignment Help?