What is biodiversity?
biological diversity, or biodiversity, is the term for which is referred to the wide variety of life on Earth and the natural patterns that shape. Diversity means the variety of plants, animals and microorganisms including genetic differences within each species and variety of ecosystems. It is this combination of life forms and their interactions with the rest of the environment that has made Earth a habitable place for humans only. Remember that human beings are also part of biodiversity. Why
what biodiversity is being lost?
While loss of species has always occurred as a natural phenomenon, the rate of extinction has accelerated dramatically as a result of human activity. The rate of disappearance of some species at present is between 50 and 100 times the natural rate. It is expected that this trend will intensify dramatically.
The most serious threat to biodiversity is the fragmentation, degradation and the direct loss of the various ecosystems that make up the habitat of the forms of biodiversity. Forests, for example, hold much of the known biological diversity on Earth but about half of the original forests have disappeared as a result of logging undertaken mainly during the last century. Global atmospheric changes, for example, depletion of the ozone layer and climate change, only add new sources of pressure.
This degradation is irreversible and, given our reliance on goods and services that biodiversity provides, is a threat to our wellbeing. One wonders if we can save the world's ecosystems and, with them, appreciate the species and millions of species that in some cases can produce the resources of tomorrow. The answer lies in our ability to harmonize our demands with the ability of nature to produce what we need and absorb what we throw away safely.
How are we contributing to the conservation of biodiversity?
biodiversity conservation has become a common goal of local, national and international. In April 2002, members of the Convention on Biological Diversity committed themselves to "achieve a significant reduction in the rate of biodiversity loss at global, regional and national level as a contribution to poverty alleviation and to the benefit of sustaining all life on Earth. " In this sense, through the Center Zamorano Zamorano de Biodiversidad (CZB) and the Regional Institute of Biodiversity (IRBIO) works and projects especially in Central America with initiatives that include research, education, training and support decision-making tools to governments in the region for the protection and sustainable use of biodiversity.
Race, Socioeconomic Development and Environment, Zamorano houses the Regional Institute of Biodiversity (IRBIO) which is an organ of the Commission on Environment and Development (CCAD), which in turn is an Executive Secretariat of Central American Integration System (SICA). Among the most important mandates are delegated to IRBIO Programme Management Monitoring and Evaluation of Biodiversity in Central America (PROMEBIO) and the implementation of the Biodiversity Information Node of the Region. This node information is linked to the Latin American Network (IABIN) and the World Wide Web (GBIF). Both instruments aims to provide quality and timely information to decision makers and the general public.
Through links with the Convention on Biological Diversity and Netherlands Environmental Agency has trained government officials and NGOs in shaping biodiversity and the impact of the pressures that human intervention has on it. Providing governments with a valuable tool for estimating biodiversity. All this creates capacity in our university that has a multiplier effect by incorporating this knowledge into education programs for our students. Join
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