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Online published on 2 December, 2014.
This short communication provides a basic description of biodiversity, principles for its conservation, and particular drivers for its loss. It alsoprovides an outline of the international efforts that lead the way to biodiversity conservation and ideas to apply for achieving the three main goals of the Convention on Biological Diversity: the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of its components, and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits from the use of genetic resources
Biodiversity, conservation, natural resources, sustainable use