1. Biodiversity - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia biodiversity is the variation of life forms within a given ecosystem, biome or for the entire Earth. biodiversity is often used as a measure of the health http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiversity

Biodiversity From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search It has been suggested that Biodiversity information be merged into this article or section. ( Discuss Rainforests are among the most biodiverse ecosystems on earth Biodiversity is the variation of life forms within a given ecosystem biome or for the entire Earth . Biodiversity is often used as a measure of the health of biological systems Biodiversity found on Earth today consists of many millions of distinct biological species , the product of four billion years of evolution Contents Evolution and meaning Definitions Measurement Distribution ... edit Evolution and meaning Biodiversity is a neologism and portmanteau word , from biology and diversity. The Science Division of The Nature Conservancy used the term "natural diversity" in a 1975 study, "The Preservation of Natural Diversity." The term biological diversity was used even before that by conservation scientists like Robert E. Jenkins and Thomas Lovejoy . The word biodiversity itself may have been coined by W.G. Rosen in 1985 while planning the National Forum on Biological Diversity organized by the National Research Council (NRC) which was to be held in 1986, and first appeared in a publication in 1988 when entomologist

2. Biodiversity - Global Issues biodiversity is an important global issue. More than being just the I want my children to enjoy it reason, the richess of diversity allows medicines and http://www.globalissues.org/EnvIssues/Biodiversity.asp

Section: Biodiversity Accessibility Statement Skip straight to main content Email Page to a Friend Printer-Friendly Version ... Set Text Preferences Page Sign Post You are here: Skip this sign post section Home Environmental Issues Biodiversity Search Search this site Or Site Map Biodiversity Author and Page information Skip this section and go straight to the main content by Anup Shah This Page Last Updated Sunday, July 29, 2007 This page: http://www.globalissues.org/EnvIssues/Biodiversity.asp To print full details (expanded/alternative links, side notes, etc.) use the printer-friendly version: http://www.globalissues.org/EnvIssues/Biodiversity.asp?p=1 The variety of life on Earth, its biological diversity is commonly referred to as biodiversity. The number of species of plants, animals, and microorganisms, the enormous diversity of genes in these species, the different ecosystems on the planet, such as deserts, rainforests and coral reefs are all part of a biologically diverse Earth. Appropriate conservation and sustainable development strategies attempt to recognize this as being integral to any approach. Almost all cultures have in some way or form recognized the importance that nature, and its biological diversity has had upon them and the need to maintain it. Yet, power, greed and politics have affected the precarious balance. Why Is Biodiversity Important? Who Cares?

3. Biodiversity Hotspots - Home Comprehensive information on 25 of the world s biologically richest and most threatened ecosystems. http://www.biodiversityhotspots.org/

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4. Biodiversity biodiversity NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS 2101 Constitution Ave, NW Washington, DC 20418 The National Academy of Sciences was chartered by Congress in 1863 as a http://www.nap.edu/books/0309037395/html/index.html

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5. Investigate Biodiversity Investigate biodiversity, an educational tool for science students brought to students by the Conservation International and Intel Corporation. http://investigate.conservation.org/

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6. SciDev.Net Reconciling the need to protect global biodiversity with the need to promote social and economic growth, particularly in the developing world, http://www.scidev.net/biodiversity/

7. Conservation Commons We will not save biodiversity with a data restricting license; we will only save it by putting information about it to use. http://www.conservationcommons.org/

Fran§ais Espa±ol "We will not save biodiversity with a data restricting license; we will only save it by putting information about it to use.” Michael Tiemann, Vice President, Open Source Affairs, Redhat Inc. Tackling the need for bioinformatics standards in conservation Traditional Knowledge Event in Ottawa, organized by the Conservation Commons and IUCN, March 13-14, 2007 Join the Discussion Forum on ConserveOnline The Conservation Commons is the expression of a cooperative effort of non-governmental organizations, international and multi-lateral organizations, governments, academia, and the private sector, to improve open access to and unrestricted use of, data, information and knowledge related to the conservation of biodiversity with the belief that this will contribute to improving conservation outcomes. At its simplest, it encourages organizations and individuals alike to ensure open access to data, information, expertise and knowledge related to the conservation of biodiversity. THE PRINCIPLES The Conservation Commons is characterized by an underlying set of Principles which supports open access to, and in particular the fair use of, data and information related to the conservation of biodiversity.

8. Convention On Biological Diversity biodiversity Training Workshop for Journalists Attending the Ninth Meeting of the . biodiversity Convention Launches Regional Workshops on National http://www.cbd.int/

var lang='en'; en es fr Sign Up for an Account Sign In ... Media What's New 25 March 2008 20 March 2008 19 March 2008 17 March 2008 More news Upcoming Meetings 1 January - 31 December 2008, Multiple Venues UN International Year of Planet Earth. 31 March - 4 April 2008, Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil 31 March - 3 April 2008, Maputo, Mozambique 7 - 11 April 2008, Rome, Italy Third Session of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures. 7 - 9 April 2008, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia More Upcoming Meetings COP 9 COP-MOP 4 CBD Guests ... Year in Review 2007 Executive Secretary's Statements International Day for Biological Diversity statement Message to the Citizens of the World Cities and Biodiversity: Achieving the 2010 Biodiversity Target More Statements... Notifications 28 March 2008 (2008-033) 28 March 2008 (2008-032) 27 March 2008 (2008-031) More Notifications Upcoming Meetings 1 January - 31 December 2008, Multiple Venues UN International Year of Planet Earth. 31 March - 4 April 2008, Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil 31 March - 3 April 2008, Maputo, Mozambique More Upcoming Meetings Latest Decisions Convention on Biological Diversity COP 8 Decisions COP 8 Report Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety COP-MOP 3 Decisions COP-MOP 3 Report Recent Major Meetings SBSTTA 13 WGPA 2 Trondheim 5 WGABS 5 ... WGRI 2 Cooperation and Partnerships Rio Conventions Biodiversity-related conventions Consortium of Scientific Partners on Biodiversity Other relevant conventions and agreements ... Relevant organizations and stakeholder groups This section is under construction.

9. Biodiversity Project - Home The biodiversity Project of Madison, WI works to make people aware of the importance of biodiversity and to build their committment to saving it. http://www.biodiversityproject.org/

For the Media Biodiversity Project works to make people aware of the importance of biodiversity and to build their commitment to saving it. Our task is to engage and empower people to act by making the connection between biodiversity and people's daily lives and basic values. Biodiversity Project meets this challenge by developing communications strategies that motivate people to protect biodiversity. Meet Jennifer Browning here. Read Jane Elder's Tribute here. Online Join the discussion here. Learn more about this Campaign Read the Pilot Project Evaluation Report Biodiversity Project 214 N. Henry St. Suite 201 Madison, WI 53703 (608) 204-9768 fax project@biodiverse.org Support us in helping Americans make the connection between their lives and the value of biodiversity. Web design by home page photos courtesy of Philip Greenspun webfoldertest

10. Biodiversity 911: Saving Life On Earth biodiversity 911 Saving Life on Earth is World Wildlife Fund s lively traveling exhibition that tells the important story of biodiversity using science, http://www.biodiversity911.org/

Worldwildlife.org Join WWF Member Login Take Action ... Donate Now Search Visit the Exhibit Bio 911 Actions Fun and Games Educational Resources ... Local Links Order a copy of the award-winning Biodiversity 911 video featuring characters from the creators of Chicken Run and Wallace and Gromit Biodiversity Basics The amazing variety of life on Earth is called biodiversity. Find out about Biodiversity Basics to learn what it is and why it's important. Use the buttons to the left to find out why we're losing biodiversity and what you can do about it. Fun and Games Have a blast with biodiversity. Check out interactive games, quizzes, and other fun stuff that will help you learn more about the variety of life on Earth. Biodiversity 911: Saving Life on Earth is an exhibit developed by World Wildlife Fund with major funding from the National Science Foundation and the Mars Foundation, with additional support from Eastman Kodak Company, the Evan Frankel Foundation, and the American Honda Foundation. It is no longer traveling but soon will be hosted permanently at two locations: Canada South Science City Museum in Windsor, Ontario and Our World Children's Global Discovery Museum in Cohasset, Massachusetts. Stay tuned! Jaguar: Howard Buffett

11. Biodiversity And Conservation: A Hypertext Book A Hypertext Book by Peter J. Bryant, School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine. The origin, nature and value of biological diversity, http://www.dbc.uci.edu/~sustain/bio65/Titlpage.htm

Search this site: e:mail the instructor Discuss or comment Take a test Chapter INTRODUCTION, HISTORY OF LIFE Chapter EVOLUTION OF ANIMALS AND THE AGE OF REPTILES Chapter THE AGE OF MAMMALS Chapter EVOLUTION OF HUMANS AND THE PLEISTOCENE EXTINCTIONS Chapter EXTINCTION AND DEPLETION FROM OVER-EXPLOITATION Chapter WHALES AND WHALING Chapter FISH AND FISHING Chapter OVEREXPLOITATION THREATENING LIVING SPECIES Chapter SECONDARY EFFECTS OF OVER-EXPLOITATION Chapter CATALOGING AND MAPPING BIODIVERSITY Chapter VALUES OF BIODIVERSITY Chapter NATURAL PRODUCTS Chapter ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTION Chapter EXOTIC INTRODUCTIONS Chapter TEMPERATE FORESTS AND DEFORESTATION Chapter TROPICAL FORESTS Chapter DESERTS AND GRASSLANDS Chapter ENDANGERED FRESHWATER HABITATS Chapter ENDANGERED MARINE HABITATS Chapter ISLANDS Chapter PROTECTED AREAS Chapter HABITAT POLLUTION Chapter CAPTIVE BREEDING AND REINTRODUCTION Chapter HUMAN POPULATION GROWTH AND ITS IMPACT BIODIVERSITY and CONSERVATION A Hypertext Book by Peter J. Bryant School of Biological Sciences, University of California

12. USAID Environment: Biodiversity The earth supports an incredible array of biodiversity from Thailand’s tiny bumblebee bat to the ocean’s great blue whale - with plants and animals of all http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/environment/biodiversity/

Biotechnology Tropical Forestry and Biodiversity (FAA 118 and 119) Analyses Centrally-Managed Biodiversity Programs Biodiversity and Forestry Analyses ... U.S. Government Agency Partners Web Site People (Last Name) Publications Advanced search options... Home Environment Biodiversity Camouflaged by its rocky surroundings, this leopard in Namibia is among the thousands of animals worldwide that are threatened with extinction. This fantastic variety of life is found in diverse habitats ranging from the hottest desert to tropical rainforests to the arctic tundra. Biodiversity is essential to every aspect of the way that humans live around the world. Plants and animals provide people with food and medicine, trees play an important role in absorbing greenhouse gases and cleaning the air we breathe, and rivers and watersheds provide the clean water that we drink. In recognition of the importance of biodiversity, USAID has made biodiversity conservation a key goal under its program to protect the environment. USAID is supporting conservation activities in more than 50 countries, seeking to maintain the variety of species and the habitats in which they occur.

13. Project Learning Tree - Curriculum:Exploring Environmental Issues: Biodiversity Exploring Environmental Issues biodiversity was developed by Project Learning Tree The global invaders section of the biodiversity module is great! http://www.plt.org/cms/pages/21_21_16.html

Exploring Environmental Issues: Biodiversity This secondary module uses biodiversity as a window through which secondary students investigate the environment. It permits educators and students to step back from specific issues and species and to examine broader concepts and larger connections—not just biological, but political, cultural, ethical, and economic as well. Students will learn that decisions about growth and development, about energy use and water quality, even about health, all rest to some extent on perspectives about biodiversity. Exploring Environmental Issues: Biodiversity was developed by Project Learning Tree (PLT) in partnership with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) . Educators are permitted to download, print, and use any of the following online materials ( "The global invaders section of the biodiversity module is great! Some valuable, interdisciplinary concepts [are there] to convey ideas to secondary students that shouldn't wait until college." Dr. Nita Davidson, CA Department of Pesticide Regulation "Really good development of biodiversity concepts and promotion of living sustainable lifestyles." David Moore, CA Department of Fish and Game

14. Issues In Biodiversity (ActionBioscience) Planetary biodiversity Inventories A Response to the Taxonomic Crisis by Lawrence M. Page Agroforestry and the Maintenance of biodiversity by Peter Bichier http://www.actionbioscience.org/biodiversity/

skip navigation home search topic directory ... contact us biodiversity environment genomics biotechnology evolution new frontiers education issues in biodiversity diversity of species The Foja Mountains of Indonesia: Exploring the Lost World by Bruce M. Beehler Planetary Biodiversity Inventories: A Response to the Taxonomic Crisis by Lawrence M. Page Agroforestry and the Maintenance of Biodiversity by Peter Bichier Plant Genebanks: Food Security by Geoffrey C. Hawtin and Jeremy Cherfas Ring Species: Unusual Demonstrations of Speciation by Darren E. Irwin Speciation and Biodiversity an interview with Edward O. Wilson The Weight of a Petal: The Value of Botanical Gardens by H. Bruce Rinker Biopiracy: The Legal Perspective by Michael A. Gollin Species, Speciation and the Environment by Niles Eldredge Searching for Nature's Medicines an interview with Mark J. Plotkin Medicine Quest: In Search of Nature's Healing Secrets by Mark J. Plotkin (Viking Press, 2000)

15. What Is Biodiversity? The California biodiversity Council was formed in 1991 to improve coordination and cooperation between the various resource management and environmental http://biodiversity.ca.gov/Biodiversity/biodiv_def2.html

California Home CA Biodiversity Council Home What's New E-mail Signup ... Site Map My CA What is Biodiversity? "A definition of biodiversity that is altogether simple, comprehensive, and fully operational ... is unlikely to be found." (Noss, 1990) Listed below are several different definitions used by resource managers and ecologists. Together, they should allow you to develop an understanding of the broad concept of biodiversity. U.S. Congress Office of Technology Assessment, "Technologies to Maintain Biological Diversity," 1987: "Biological diversity is the variety and variability among living organisms and the ecological complexes in which they occur. Diversity can be defined as the number of different items and their relative frequency. For biological diversity, these items are organized at many levels, ranging from complete ecosystems to the chemical structures that are the molecular basis of heredity. Thus, the term encompasses different ecosystems, species, genes, and their relative abundance." Jones and Stokes Associates' "Sliding Toward Extinction: The State of California's Natural Heritage," 1987:

16. Biodiversity And Conservation: The Web Of Life Year of biodiversity and Conservation Meet the Scientist Explore Global Diversity Events and Programs Take Action! Teaching biodiversity http://www.fieldmuseum.org/biodiversity/

17. Center For Biodiversity And Conservation The Center for biodiversity and Conservation, established at the American Museum of Natural History in 1993, is a facility dedicated to the study and http://cbc.amnh.org/

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18. UNEP - Biodiversity biodiversity. The importance of biological diversity to human society is hard to Webbased Guidance on the Integration of biodiversity within Adaptation http://www.unep.org/themes/biodiversity/

About UNEP UNEP Offices News Centre Publications ... Employment United Nations Environment Programme environment for development Biodiversity Search About In the Regions Publications Information Materials ... Related Links Select an Area Art for the Environment Biodiversity Biosafety Chemicals Civil Society Climate Change Energy Environmental Assessment Freshwater Gender Indigenous Knowledge Indigenous Peoples Land Ozone Regional Seas Sustainable Consumption Urban Issues Biodiversity The importance of biological diversity to human society is hard to overstate. An estimated 40 per cent of the global economy is based on biological products and processes. Poor people, especially those living in areas of low agricultural productivity, depend especially heavily on the genetic diversity of the environment. More >> Latest News IPCC Author to strengthen Climate Change work at the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre The United Nations Environment Programme and California State University, Chico are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Jeff Price as Senior Fellow for Climate Change and Biodiversity at the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre in Cambridge, UK ... More Warmer World May Mean Less Fish Global Warming Adding to Pollution and Over-Harvesting Impacts on the World's Key Fishing Grounds Says New UNEP - "In Dead Water" - Report...

19. Biological Diversity In Food And Agriculture Biological Diversity in Food and Agriculture, web site of the Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations, FAO. http://www.fao.org/biodiversity/

World Food Day Biodiversity for Food Security 16 October 2004 How does Biodiversity benefit natural and agricultural ecosystems? PRODUCTIVITY: Conservation and management of broad-based genetic diversity within domesticated species have been improving agricultural production for 10,000 years, however diverse natural populations have been providing food and other products for much longer. A wide range of species provides many thousands of products through agriculture and from the harvest of natural populations. High production levels are sustained through maximising the beneficial impact of ecosystem services for agricultural, modified and natural ecosystems. ADAPTATION: A diverse range of organisms contributes to the resilience of agricultural and natural ecosystems, their capacity to recover from environmental stress and their ability to evolve. Informed adaptive management of agricultural and natural biodiversity, above and below ground and under water secures sustained production. MAINTENANCE OF ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS: Essential functions such as nutrient cycling, decomposition of organic matter, crusted or degraded soil rehabilitation, pest and disease regulation, water quality, and pollination are maintained by a wide range of biologically diverse populations in natural ecosystems and in and near agricultural ecosystems. Maintaining this diversity of species and building on and enhancing ecosystem functions reduces external input requirements by increased nutrient availability, improved water use and soil structure, and natural control of pests.

20. Activities - Xpeditions @ Nationalgeographic.com Preserving endangered species is considered by many scientists to be the key to preserving biodiversity, or the variety of life. biodiversity is important http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/activities/08/biodiversity.html

Check out: X8: The Eco-Cycle K-2: Elementary Ecosystems People and Endangered Species ... The characteristics and spatial distribution of ecosystems on Earth's surface XTRAS // Read about a Tasmanian animal that may, or may not, be extinct. Create a map that shows where some endangered species live around the world. - Dive into great stories that can tell you much more. INTERACTIVE FEATURES // How many different kinds of animals live in North America? LINKS // Click for more great links related to this activity. Preserving Biodiversity Backyard Naturalist Be an Explorer Every Day! Creative Climates Culture Clues Letterboxing: A Geographic Scavenger Hunt Activity Index Preserving Biodiversity Photograph by Michael Nichols Your Mission Create a map that shows where some endangered species live in the world. Briefing Have you ever heard someone use the term "dead as a dodo"? The dodo this saying refers to was a flightless bird species that lived on an island in the Indian Ocean. The bird, which weighed about 46 pounds (22 kilograms), first encountered humans in the 16th century. Inhabitants of the island found that they could easily hunt and kill the dodo, both for food and for sport. By 1681 there were no dodos left on the island or anywhere else in the world. They had become extinct. People often associate the word "extinct" with dinosaurs, which have not lived on Earth for more than 66 million years. But there are many creatures, like the dodo, that have only recently become extinct. Many scientists blame these extinctions on humans. Although extinct species cannot be brought back to life, plants and animals that are endangered, or in danger of becoming extinct, can still be saved.

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