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Commentary
Nature 442, 245-246 (20 July 2006) | doi:10.1038/442245a; Published online 19 July 2006
Diversity without representation
Michel Loreau1, Alfred Oteng-Yeboah2, M. T. K. Arroyo, D. Babin, R. Barbault, M. Donoghue, M. Gadgil, C. Häuser, C. Heip, A. Larigauderie, K. Ma, G. Mace, H. A. Mooney, C. Perrings, P. Raven, J. Sarukhan, P. Schei, R. J. Scholes & R. T. Watson.
- Michel Loreau is in the Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1B1, Canada
- Alfred Oteng-Yeboah is at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Accra, Ghana.
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Abstract
For policymakers, biodiversity can present more complex challenges than climate change, argue Michel Loreau, Alfred Oteng-Yeboah and their co-authors. So why isn't there an international panel of experts for biodiversity?
Since the 1992 United Nations Earth Summit conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, biodiversity has received increasing attention from scientists, governments and the public worldwide. There is growing recognition that the diversity of life on Earth, including the variety of genes, species and ecosystems, is an irreplaceable natural heritage crucial to human well-being and sustainable development.
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