Biodiversity essays are important sources of information commenting on the variety of life in the form of plants, animals, humans, and other living organisms. A bond exists between all living things and the environment we live in. Diversity is all around us in the various species, ecosystems, how we depend on earth, and what it offers for our very existence. Whenever there is a threat to the earth, we are at threat. The loss of species and ecosystems has reach alarming proportions and can be attributed mainly to the growing human population. As it crossed 6.5 billion in July 2008, there are telltale signs that further ecosystem damage is unavoidable unless we realize the gravity of the situation and take corrective action.