Natural Resource Management Facilitator Network
Australian Government, March 2005
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Most people have heard of biodiversity these days. But it’s still not a word that trips lightly off the tongue.
What is it? And why should we care?
Biodiversity – or biological diversity – is the result of millions of years of evolution. Technically, it can be defined as the variety of all living things. This includes all the planet’s different plants, animals and micro organisms, plus the genetic information they contain and the ecosystems of which they are a part.
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