1. Overview of Biodiversity
It is believed that all species contribute in some way to an ecosystem, whether it be related to the capture and storage of energy, production or decomposition of organic matter, the cycling of water and nutrients, controlling insect populations, battling erosion, or regulating the climate, no job is too small. ... After the multi-national endorsement on sustainability at the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), proposals for initiatives came from all echelons of the government as well as the private sector, but all seemed to put biodiversity conservation in a...
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