The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety is an international treaty that seeks to protect biological diversity from the potential risks posed by living modified organisms (LMOs) resulting from modern biotechnology. It was adopted in January 2000 and entered into force in September 2003.
Massive human activity extinctions Although human activity has long been known about the value of biodiversity, it has caused massive extinctions. As stated in August 1999 (former link), the Environment New Service presently has a rate of 1.000 times the background rate. It may increase to 10.000 times the background rate in the next century...
“Biodiversity” is a term that describes one of the earth’s most important resources. In recent decades, it has become especially evident that humanity relies on biodiversity for many necessities such as food, medicine, and clean water. As a result of human activity, we have been losing all forms of biodiversity at an incredible rate. This...
What is biodiversity? Biodiversity literally means “variety of life.” It’s a scientific way to explain the many thousands of animal and plant species that live on our planet, and the millions of years it took for them to evolve. Biodiversity is found in all ecosystems across land, air, and sea – from tropical rainforests to...
Scientists have long believed that Earth is on the verge of a sixth mass extinction that will obliterate as many as three-quarters of all species on the planet. But now new research says that timeframe has been dramatically shortened to just 100 years.
