In effect, the shape of the next "Global Biodiversity Outlook" depends, ironically, on human social systems — economics and intergovernmental science.
Further studies that expand the sample size and landscapes investigated should enable an even better understanding of the properties of these promising next generation biodiversity assessment tools.
The current key concept, which may be dominant for the next generation, is "biodiversity," in which homo sapiens becomes just another species in a daunting assemblage of life forms.
Above the tank and around the whale, schools of model fish will float suspended in air, seemingly piercing the boundary between Ocean Life and the Hall of Biodiversity next door.
In addition to Mr. Singh's pledge, South Korea, which will host the next round of biodiversity talks in 2014, has put $40 million in a fund to help developing countries invest in being green.
Sacred natural sites are considered an additional pillar for biodiversity conservation, next to the protected areas network.
Determining the genetic underpinnings of organismal divergence and speciation will provide insight into the evolutionary generation of biodiversity, and next-generation sequencing is propelling such studies in non-model organisms.
The party has now announced five environmental priorities for the next parliament: clean air, better biodiversity, cleaner energy, reducing waste, and the end of coal.
Last October, an assembly of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity held in Nagoya, Japan, approved a strategic plan for conserving the planet's biodiversity over the next 10 years.
They may protect significant components of biodiversity into the next century.
