Biodiversity organization

Before we start with an organization that protects biodiversity, we need to know what biodiversity is. Biodiversity is basically all living things on Earth. To sustain an ecosystem, many different varieties of species of plants and animals are needed. Each species has its own role that plays an important role in the overall ecosystem.

A present organization where human intervention is being used to positively affect the biodiversity of our ecosystem is The Center of Biodiversity and Conservation. This organization's definition of biodiversity is, "The term biodiversity refers to the variety of life on Earth at all its levels, from genes to ecosystems, and the ecological and evolutionary processes that sustain it". This organization has only one mission in mind, which is to find solutions to threats that affect the Earth on a biological level and diversity on a cultural level. In order for this organization to do this, they need to:

a) “Advancing scientific research in diverse ecosystems”

b) “Strengthening the application of science to conservation practice and public policy”

c) “Developing professional, institutional, and community capacity”

d) “Furthering the Museum's efforts to heighten public understanding and stewardship of biodiversity”

The Center of Biodiversity and Conservation does many things in museums for example, presentations. They do environment based research and species based research. They have a Biodiversity informatics and they do capacity development. This organization has special, “green holidays”, where they ask local citizens to make a change and try to make it a greener holiday. For example, for Halloween, they ask kids to create costumes that are helpful for the environment and help by not polluting by dropping wrappers and bags. They also show parents how to make a Jack-o-lantern and a nutritious dinner or snack. This calls for a less waste of food and saves more pumpkins.

The Center Of Biodiversity works in many places all over the world and but they have six main stations where a lot of their work takes place. These places are:

The Center of Biodiversity and Conservation does research on many different animals all over the world:

"Developing innovative approaches for researching and conserving invertebrate biodiversity"

"Raising awareness of flamingo ecology and wetland conservation in the Americas"

z"Bridging the fields of genetics, ecology, and education to advance research and protection of globally endangered sea turtles".

"Discovering reptile and amphibian diversity to enhance conservation throughout Southeast Asia"

"Partnering on researching amphibian and reptile diversity in Bolivia".

"Improving understanding of the Saola, an elusive, rare ungulate found only in the foothills of the Truong Son Range in Vietnam".

"Uncovering the little known diversity of bats, rodents, and insectivores of Vietnam and Laos".

Resources

"About." Center for Biodiversity and Conservation at AMNH. American Museum of Natural History. Web. 03 Oct. 2010. <http://cbc.amnh.org/center/programs/www.html>.

 Klinkenberg, Brian. "What Is Biodiversity?" UBC Department of Geography. Web. 03 Oct. 2010. <http://www.geog.ubc.ca/biodiversity/Whatisbiodiversity.html>.

Lanktree, Graham. "What Is Biodiversity? - Canadian Geographic Blog." Canadian Geographic - Canadian Geographic Magazine. 23 Aug. 2010. Web. 03 Oct. 2010. 

<http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/blog/posting.asp?ID=361>.

"Biodiversity Primer - What Is Biodiversity?" Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources / Ministère Des Richesses Naturelles De L'Ontario. Web. 03 Oct. 2010. 

<http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/Business/Biodiversity/2ColumnSubPage/STEL02_166809.html>.

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