How is biological loss of forest and wildlife correlated with loss of cultural diversity?

Biological loss or loss of forest and wildlife is correlated with the loss of cultural diversity in the following ways:
(i) It leads to loss of cultural diversity which has marginalised and impoverished many indigenous and other forest dependent communities, who directly depend on various components of the forest and wildlife for food, drink, medicine, culture and spirituality.
(ii) Among the poor, women are affected badly because they collect fuel, fodder, water and other basic subsistence needs. With the depletion of resources women have to walk a long distance up to 10 km to collect above subsistence needs. Such activities cause health problems for women and negligence of home and children because of increased hours of work.
(iii) Destruction of forests lead to severe drought or deforestation-induced floods. This in turn leads to increase in poverty which is a direct outcome of environmental destruction.
In view of the above forest and wildlife are vital to the quality of life and environment.