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== Definition ==
 
== Definition ==
According to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), '''Biodiversity''' is he variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, 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” (OECD, 2019, p. 19). Together, the construct of biodiversity is formed by two words; "biological" and "diversity".
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'''Biodiversity'''. The variety of life in all its forms, and at all levels, including genes, species, and ecosystems. The CBD defines biodiversity as 'the variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, 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' <ref>Convention on Biological Diversity</ref>.
  
 
== See Also ==
 
== See Also ==
 
* [[Biodiversity Risk]]
 
* [[Biodiversity Risk]]
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* [[Biodiversity Loss]]
  
[[Category:Sustainable Finance]]
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Latest revision as of 15:44, 22 May 2021

Definition

Biodiversity. The variety of life in all its forms, and at all levels, including genes, species, and ecosystems. The CBD defines biodiversity as 'the variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, 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' [1].

See Also

References

  1. Convention on Biological Diversity