biodiversity
| Definition | Source | References |
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The variability among living organisms from all sources including terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are a part. This includes variation in genetic, phenotypic, phylogenetic, and functional attributes, as well as changes in abundance and distribution over time and space within and among species, biological communities and ecosystems. |
Global assessment (1st work programme), Sustainable use assessment, IPBES-IPCC co-sponsored workshop on biodiversity and climate change, Americas assessment, Africa assessment, Europe and Central Asia assessment | Diaz et al. 2015. “The IPBES Conceptual Framework — Connecting Nature and People.” Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 14: 1–16. doi:10.1016/j.cosust.2014.11.002 |
Short for Biological diversity which is the variety of life on Earth. The variability among living organisms from all sources including terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are a part; this includes diversity within species, among species and of ecosystems. |
UNESCO 2010 | |
The variability among living organisms from all sources including, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part; this includes diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems. |
Land degradation and restoration assessment, Asia-Pacific assessment | |
The variability among living organisms from all sources including terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are a part; this includes diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems. |
Scenarios and models assessment | https://www.cbd.int/convention/articles/default.shtml?a=cbd-02 |