{"id":1675,"date":"2022-02-26T23:21:03","date_gmt":"2022-02-26T23:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monocacyhill.org\/?page_id=1675"},"modified":"2022-03-26T22:50:02","modified_gmt":"2022-03-26T22:50:02","slug":"biodiversity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/monocacyhill.org\/?page_id=1675","title":{"rendered":"-Biodiversity"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.1 - 23-03-2022 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style>\n<h2>Biodiversity is the Lifeblood of Nature<\/h2>\n<p>Biodiversity is essential to the continued existance of all living things on earth. If an ecosystem has lots of biodiversity, and a change occurs in that ecosystem, then it is much more likely that a species will have the necessary genes or behaviours to survive that change.\u00a0 Not having enough biodiversity can be catastrophic.<\/p>\n<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.1 - 23-03-2022 *\/\n.elementor-image-gallery .gallery-item{display:inline-block;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;width:100%;max-width:100%;margin:0 auto}.elementor-image-gallery .gallery-item img{margin:0 auto}.elementor-image-gallery .gallery-item .gallery-caption{margin:0}.elementor-image-gallery figure img{display:block}.elementor-image-gallery figure figcaption{width:100%}.gallery-spacing-custom .elementor-image-gallery .gallery-icon{padding:0}@media (min-width:768px){.elementor-image-gallery .gallery-columns-2 .gallery-item{max-width:50%}.elementor-image-gallery .gallery-columns-3 .gallery-item{max-width:33.33%}.elementor-image-gallery .gallery-columns-4 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