Which of the following is not true about protecting biodiversity?

A) Once a species is lost from an area, it isn't typically re-introduced because doing so would endanger other species in that ecosystem.
B) The mining industry exerts a serious threat to biodiversity.
C) Gene and seed banks provide insurance for the long-term survival of species.
D) The cultivation of densely planted energy crops grown in tropical ecosystems to provide biofuels is a threat to biodiversity.


A) Once a species is lost from an area, it isn't typically re-introduced because doing

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