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Author: Haber, Wolfgang

Source: GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, Volume 17, Supplement 1, 2008, pp. 91-96(6)

Publisher: oekom verlag

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.17.S1.4

Not least since the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, the conservation of biological diversity has become a global concern. Caring for biological diversity is an idea that catches human feelings and intuitions – because we ourselves are living beings and feel a bond of union with other organisms. But what does biological diversity really mean and how much does it really matter? Can you measure its loss? Is there a reference value that can clearly mark its maintenance? Biological diversity, or "biodiversity", is essentially an abstract term whose meaning calls for better explanation.

Keywords: BIODIVERSITY; LANDSCAPE; NATURE PROTECTION; NATURE RESERVES; SPECIES PRESERVATION

Document Type: Research Article

Publication date: 01 March 2008

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