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Read the following statement.
"Nature's biological library is burning even before we catalogued the titles of all the books stocked there".
This statement is given in your NCERT book. What would it mean

A

The diversity of plants and animals is not uniform

B

Rich biodiversity is essential for ecosystem health

C

A large fraction of species faces the threat of becoming extinct even before we discover them

D

All of the above

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