Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin emphasized recently that the government had introduced laws and policies to conserve the environment and maintain biodiversity.
As revised by government bureaucrats, the latest version promises only that, at some future point, steps will be taken to "protect the environment, maintain biodiversity, enhance the natural heritage and promote the sustainable use of resources".
Human activity has altered landscapes and ecosystems to a point where intervention is necessary if we are to maintain biodiversity and sustain a healthy planet," said Onnie Byers, the chair of the Conservation Breeding Specialist Group, which is playing an advisory role to the project.
Although refusing to confirm how much woodland would be sold, claiming such details would be considered as part of a public consultation, due to begin in January, Defra promised any new owners would be required to maintain biodiversity and public access.
Management is rather intensive and not designed to maintain biodiversity.
The researchers at Kew say that it's very important to maintain biodiversity.
Countering these threats to maintain biodiversity, he says, will be a "daunting task".
The rapid loss of native mammals from isolated Thai forests suggests that forest fragments cannot maintain biodiversity.
The economic benefits promote wetland habitat restoration while managing cattail growth to maintain biodiversity.
Forest trees provide raw materials, help to maintain biodiversity and mitigate the effects of climate change.
Identifying and protecting "keystone structures" is essential to maintain biodiversity in an increasingly human-dominated world.
