The purpose of this
document is to provide a primer on the concepts and principles that support
cooperative actions to conserve rich biodiversity.
This document was
prepared by Biodiversity BC, a partnership of government and non-government
organizations with a mandate to produce a biodiversity strategy for British
Columbia.
This document
consists of three parts:
1. What is biodiversity:
a definition of biodiversity and its value;
2. Ecological
concepts and principles: general understandings and assumptions about
biodiversity; and
3. Application of
ecological concepts and principles: ways to maintain biodiversity including
what can be done and how to do it.