Biological diversity under development: a study of the co-production that is biological diversity

Biological diversity

Cave paintings attest to our species’ enduring interest in biological diversity. Our early ancestors appear to have enjoyed the aesthetic qualities of nature as well as recognising its importance as a source of food and fuel. Poets and artists throughout history have sought inspiration from the natural world. But the first scientific enquiries about biological diversity emerged when explorers r...

International Conference on Biological and Cultural Diversity: Diversity for Development- Development for Diversity

1. 2010 International Year of Biodiversity (IYB) provides an effective point for reinforcing the implementation of the three objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity. These three objectives also highlight the linkages between biodiversity as the core of sustainable development promoting human well being. This is a golden moment to also promote the recognition of the inextricable lin...

Biological Invasions , Biological Diversity and Trade

The opening of new markets or trade routes has resulted in the deliberate or accidental introduction of new species, while the growth in the volume of trade has increased the frequency of species introductions. We model the connection between landscape heterogeneity, resource extraction, the level of biodiversity, and the level of trade. We show that the invasion risks of trade reduce the socia...

Australian Thysanoptera – biological diversity and a diversity of studies

Studies in Australia on thrips have had extensive impacts worldwide. In behaviour, the latest definition of eusociality is derived from work on the radiation of thrips on Acacia species in central Australia, and these Acacia thrips also having been used to develop the concept of ‘model clades’ for analysing the evolution of behavioural and ecological diversity. In ecology, the concept of the la...

Paper for the Secretariat Convention on Biological Diversity Incentives for the Conservation of Biological Diversity