ARTICLE · 29 NOVEMBER 2022

Biodiversity Jargon Buster

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With the 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity officially starting in the first week of December 2022...

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With the 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity officially starting in the first week of December 2022, we have prepared a list of key biodiversity terms with their explanation as well as a link to a legal definition, where available. Our Biodiversity Jargon Buster should help everyone understand the language used in the upcoming international negotiations and remove any barriers that newcomers to the biodiversity field may experience.

Biodiversity (legal definition here)

Biological diversity (biodiversity) refers to the variety of living organisms on earth from all sources including terrestrial, marine, and other aquatic ecosystems. See this term in the news - What is Cop15 and why does it matter for all life on Earth?

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