To protect the country's biological resources, the government has taken a first step of preparing a Biodiversity Action Plan to address conservation of threatened species.

Biodiversity, meaning biological diversity, can be briefly defined as “ the number and dominance of species present in an ecosystem ” ( Sutton 2004: 308 ).

Biodiversity refers to the varieties of species in ecosystems, the genetic variations they contain, and the processes that are functionally enriched by the diversity of ecological interactions.

Biodiversity includes species diversity, ecosystem diversity, genetic diversity and the complex processes operating at and among these respective levels.

A 2007 study conducted by the National Science Foundation found that genetic diversity and biodiversity ( Biodiversity is the degree of variation of life forms within a given ecosystem )

It celebrated the diversity of life on Earth as part of the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity.

Gloucestershire has a Biodiversity Action Plan (" BAP ") controlled by the Gloucestershire Biodiversity Partnership, which sets out conservation priorities in Gloucestershire.

* Biodiversity, the degree of variation of life forms within a given ecosystem

Biodiversity is the degree of variation of life forms within a given species, ecosystem, biome, or an entire planet.

* Biodiversity – degree of variation of life forms within a given species, ecosystem, biome, or an entire planet.

Biodiversity that has an immediate value is maintained in home gardens as women and children have easy access to preferred food, and for this reason alone we should promote home gardens as a key element for a healthy way of life.

Frontiers is taught as four, 3 week units: two from the physical sciences ( for example, Astronomy and Geology ) and two from the life sciences ( for example, Neuroscience and Biodiversity ).

Biodiversity generally increases away from the poles towards the equator and increases with humidity.

On 22 December 2010, the UN declared the period from 2011 to 2020 as the UN-Decade on Biodiversity.

Leading up to the Conference of the Parties ( COP 11 ) meeting on biodiversity in Hyderabad, India 2012, preparations for a World Wide Views on Biodiversity has begun, involving old and new partners and building on the experiences from the World Wide Views on Global Warming.

Suggestions for improvement in the operation of CITES include: more regular missions by the Secretariat ( not reserved just for high profile species ); improvement of national legislation and enforcement ; better reporting by Parties ( and the consolidation of information from all sources-NGOs, TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network and Parties ); more emphasis on enforcement-including a technical committee enforcement officer ; the development of CITES Action Plans ( akin to Biodiversity Action Plans related to the Convention on Biological Diversity ) including: designation of Scientific / Management Authorities and national enforcement strategies ; incentives for reporting and timelines for both Action Plans and reporting.

From 1973 to 1987 he directed the conservation program at World Wildlife Fund-U. S., and from 1987 to 1998 he served as Assistant Secretary for Environmental and External Affairs for the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D. C., and in 1994 became Counselor to the Secretary for Biodiversity and Environmental Affairs.

* List of Indian medicinal plants from Biodiversity of India

* A collection of articles from the David Suzuki Foundation on Protecting Biodiversity

* World Map of Biodiversity an interactive map from the United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre

* Biodiversity headlines from thinktanksreport-Latest reports, research and opinion on biodiversity.

The subspecies from Tasmania ( Aquila audax fleayi ) is listed as endangered by the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 ( EPBC Act ) with fewer than 200 pairs left in the wild.

" Biodiversity of Charophytes from Kolhapur District, Maharashtra ".

* A Quantitative Analysis of Species Descriptions of Tiger Beetles ( Coleoptera Cicindelidae ), from 1758 to 2004, and Notes about Related Developments in Biodiversity Studies by D. L.

In this regard, concerning the company's activities and alleged abuses in Colombia, an extensive accusation was presented against DynCorp at the Hearing on Biodiversity of the Permanent Peoples ' Tribunal, session on Colombia, which took place at the Cacarica Humanitarian Zone from February 24 to 27, 2007.

The National Biodiversity Centre and National Parks Board ( NParks ) will be conducting coastal protection and restoration works at the north-eastern coastline of Pulau Tekong which suffers from coastal erosion.

The National Biodiversity Centre stated that the erosion resulted from the movements of ships and strong waves in the area.

The Biodiversity Action Plan for the species further comments that it is not clear what can be done to conserve the species apart from protecting habitat at known breeding sites and protecting birds from egg collectors and from disturbance.

* Issues from 1907 – 1923 on the Biodiversity Heritage Library

Knight was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Rural Affairs, Landscape and Biodiversity in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 2005-06.

In: A Series of Searchable Texts on Earthworm Biodiversity, Ecology and Systematics from Various Regions of the World – 2nd Edition ( 2006 ).

Researchers from the National Fishing Research Institute and the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity say genetic testing may reveal new species.

* The National Geographic Society has prepared a world map of the hotspots and ArcView shapefile and metadata for the Biodiversity Hotspots including details of the individual endangered fauna in each hotspot, which is available from Conservation International.

Since May 2009, the National Biodiversity Centre, together with volunteers from National Parks Board and nature groups such as Wild Singapore and TeamSeaGrass, intiated a project to monitor identified populations of Seahorse ( Hippocampus kuda ) and Pipefish ( Syngnathoides biaculeatus ) in several locations including Pulau Ubin for conservation management purposes.

Biodiversity is not easily defined, but may be thought of as the number and / or evenness of genes, species, and ecosystems in a region.

Biodiversity is a measure of the health of ecosystems.

* Habitat degradation leads to the loss of Biodiversity ( i. e. species and ecosystems with its ecosystem services ).

Biodiversity increases the functioning and stress tolerance of ecosystems.

Since 2000 the Trust has been a leading partner in the Avon Biodiversity Partnership which aims to create " A landscape rich in wildlife, where species and habitats are part of healthy, functioning ecosystems that are well-managed and valued by everyone ; where conservation of biodiversity is integrated with social, cultural and economic activities ".

A feature distinguishing it from prior economic regimes is the direct valuation of natural capital and ecological services as having economic value ( see The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity and Bank of Natural Capital ) and a full cost accounting regime in which costs externalized onto society via ecosystems are reliably traced back to, and accounted for as liabilities of, the entity that does the harm or neglects an asset.

It is nothing short of scandalous that we probably only know one out of every ten species on earth, let alone where they are or, various aspects of their biology ... — Reith Lecture, Biodiversity, 2000.