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BiodiversityACRONYMS AREAS COUNTRIES MARINE TERMSDEFINITION'Biological diversity' means the variability among living organisms from all sourcesincluding, inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecologicalcomplexes of which they are a part; this includes diversity within species, betweenspecies and of on Biological Diversity 1992[1] Biodiversity is a compound word derived from biological diversity and therefore isconsidered to have the same ON DEFINITIONThe CBD definition is the internationally accepted definition of Biodiversity . The Wilsonversion is included below (in further definitions) as the first recorded definition of the termand therefore of historical these two definitions are similar. The CBD definition explicitly incorporates theterm ecosystem which is used in a comparable context to the word biome within the Wilsondefinition.
In response to the current rate of biodiversity loss, and on the grounds that biodiversity is a common concern for humankind, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was opened
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