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US
/ˌbaɪoʊdaɪˈvɝsəti/
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[ UK /bˌaɪəʊdaɪvˈɜːsɪti/ ]
[ UK /bˌaɪəʊdaɪvˈɜːsɪti/ ]
NOUN
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the diversity of plant and animal life in a particular habitat (or in the world as a whole)
a high level of biodiversity is desirable
How To Use biodiversity In A Sentence
- Sometimes their role as custodians and protectors of biodiversity is not even acknowledged.
- You could, for example, take the Urban Birds or Marine Birds tours; familiarise yourself with the amphibians living in the ponds up on Montjuïc, or inspect the biodiversity of the Parc del Castell de l'Oreneta through a magnifying glass. 10 of the best outdoors activities in Barcelona
- One outstanding feature of this ecoregion is the presence of coral reefs, one of the largest and best preserved in the western Caribbean Sea, considered a part or an extension of the great belicean reef, very outstanding in terms of marine biodiversity. Cayos Miskitos-San Andrés and Providencia moist forests
- Responsibilities for protecting Canada's biodiversity fall on the shoulders of both the provincial, territorial and federal governments.
- Their commitment was only to maintain the extent of forests, not their biodiversity.
- Some of these phenological observations are beginning to be used as indicators of the effects of climate change on biodiversity, although most studies are just recording data on the changes in species populations in the earlier part of the year (usually spring) and do not record data for the end-of-summer changes that could be affecting plant growth rates in the autumn or autumnal flight periods for species of insect. Effects of climate change on the biodiversity of the Arctic
- It is hoped that the garden will encourage wildlife and biodiversity. Times, Sunday Times
- But the reserve's defenders were unswerving in their commitment to a greater cause: conserving the region's biodiversity for the benefit of mankind.
- Both scientific and commercial biodiversity prospectors should pay fees, as mineral prospectors do.
- He is collaborating with the National Biodiversity Institute of Costa Rica to explore poorly understood endophytic fungi and uncultured soil microbes of Costa Rica.