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| Title: | International Year of Biodiversity-2010 |
| Authors: | G., Ramprasad Babu |
| Issue Date: | May-2010 |
| Publisher: | CSIR |
| Abstract: | The year 2010 has been designated as the International Year of
Biodiversity aimed at raising public awareness of the threat to biodiversity
from mankind and its impending consequences not only to human survival but also
the survival of all the other species on Earth.HAVE you ever considered
that the water we drink from our taps may have been purified by a wetland or
forest? Did you know that much of the food we eat depends on the services
provided by a diversity of pollinating insects and animals?
Biodiversity
may be a buzzword, but as a concept it lies at the heart of ecological
research. Bio means life and diversity means variety. Biodiversity is life, your
life is biodiversity and biodiversity is you. Biodiversity is the term
used to describe the variety of life on Earth from genes to species to broader scale of
ecosystems. It includes every plant and animal as well as micro-organisms such as
bacteria and viruses. Biological diversity is not evenly distributed over the
Earth's surface. |
| Page(s): | 16-18 |
| ISSN: | 0036-8512 |
| Source: | SR Vol.47(05) [May 2010]
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