Biodiversity and development challenges in Africa
The imperative to improve human well-being can place multiple and often competing demands on ecosystems.

Eastern Africa and biodiversity
Eastern Africa’s biological diversity reflects its position astride the equator and the high variability of landscapes and aquatic ecosystems.

Human impacts on the biodiversity of the Arctic
The projected climatic changes in the Arctic, particularly the projected decrease in sea-ice extent and thickness, will result in increased accessibility to the open ocean and surrounding coastal areas.

Monumental Debt-for-Nature Swap Provides $20 Million To Protect Biodiversity In Madagascar
The largest debt-for-nature swap agreement in Madagascar’s history was just signed between the Government of Madagascar and the Government of France, allocating roughly $20 million (13 million Euros) to preserve Madagascar’s rich biodiversity

Biofuels And Biodiversity Don't Mix, Ecologists Warn
Rising demand for palm oil will decimate biodiversity unless producers and politicians can work together to preserve as much remaining natural forest as possible

Biodiversity Loss Puts People At Risk: World Wildlife Fund
Future generations face hunger, thirst, disease and disaster if we carry on losing biodiversity.

Oil Palm Research In Context: Identifying The Need For Biodiversity Assessment
Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) cultivation has expanded dramatically in recent decades and is frequently cited as a major threat to tropical biodiversity.

Making Protected Areas Pay Biodiversity Dividends
With human activity pushing more and more species to the brink of extinction

Biodiversity: It's In The Water
New research challenges current thinking about biodiversity and opens up new avenues for predicting how climate change or human activity may affect biodiversity patterns.

How Global Is The Global Biodiversity Information Facility?
Biologists and computer scientists have appealed for more information on the world's biodiversity to be stored digitally so it may better be used to understand the impact of climate change on the Earth's flora and fauna.

Biodiversity
The word "biodiversity" is a contracted version of "biological diversity".

Northern Africa and biodiversity
Northern Africa falls within the arid belt extending from the Atlantic to central Asia.

Kinetic effects of temperature on rates of genetic divergence and speciation
Latitudinal gradients of biodiversity and macroevolutionary dynamics are prominent yet poorly understood.

Farm-scale evaluation of the impacts of transgenic cotton on biodiversity, pesticide use, and yield
Higher yields and reduced pesticide impacts are needed to mitigate the effects of agricultural intensification.

Relative resource abundance explains butterfly biodiversity in island communities
Ecologists have long been intrigued by the factors that control the pattern of biodiversity, i.e., the distribution and abundance of species.

The history of early bee diversification based on five genes plus morphology
Bees, the largest (>16,000 species) and most important radiation of pollinating insects, originated in early to mid-Cretaceous, roughly in synchrony with the angiosperms (flowering plants).

Biodiversity loss linked to economic inequality worldwide
McGill researchers show income inequality predicts number of threatened species

ETH Project with Costa Rica Set up for Drug Discovery
Nature produces highly interesting substances, which for years have met with great scientific interest.

Regional warming-induced species shift in NW Mediterranean marine caves
The north-western Mediterranean Sea has a high biodiversity reflecting a mixture of temperate and subtropical species.

Richness of Marine Life is Under Threat
Future potential for the production of new wonder drugs - including anti-cancer agents - from marine animals and plants, is under threat