Biological diversity
Definition(s)
A community of organisms and their physical environment interacting as an ecological unit. (Source: GEMET/LBC) A dynamic complex of plant, animal and micro-organism communities and their non-living environment interacting as a functional unit. (Source: CBD, Article 2)
Hierarchy
Narrower: Adaptive capacityAgro-ecosystemsAgroecologyArid ecosystemsBiodiversityBiodiversity hotspotBiodiversity offsetBiomassBiomesCoastal ecosystemsEcological integrityEcosystem degradationEcosystem functionFood chainsForest ecosystemsHabitatsIsland ecosystemsMarine ecosystemsMother earthMountain ecosystemsNear threatened speciesPolar ecosystemsRoute of invasionSemi-arid ecosystemsSub-humid ecosystemsTropical ecosystemsUrban ecosystemsVulnerable ecosystemsWetland ecosystemsWildlife corridors
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Convention on Biological Diversity | 7 articles and paragraphs | |
Convention on Migratory Species | 2 articles and paragraphs | |
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change | 1 article or paragraph | |
Kyoto Protocol | 1 article or paragraph | |
Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution | 1 article or paragraph | |
Noumea Convention | 1 article or paragraph | |
Cartagena Convention | 1 article or paragraph | |
Carpathian Convention | 1 article or paragraph |