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Agricultural biodiversity
Agricultural biodiversity is a sub-set of general biodiversity.
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Biodiversity
Biodiversity, a portmanteau of biological (life) and diversity, generally refers to the variety and variability of life on Earth.
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Biotope
A biotope is an area of uniform environmental conditions providing a living place for a specific assemblage of plants and animals.
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Convention on Biological Diversity
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), known informally as the Biodiversity Convention, is a multilateral treaty.
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Ecotourism
Ecotourism is a form of tourism involving visiting fragile, pristine, and relatively undisturbed natural areas, intended as a low-impact and often small scale alternative to standard commercial mass tourism.
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Habitat
In ecology, a habitat is the type of natural environment in which a particular species of organism lives.
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International Union for Conservation of Nature
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.
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Landscape
A landscape is the visible features of an area of land, its landforms and how they integrate with natural or man-made features.
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National park
A national park is a park in use for conservation purposes.
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Natural monument
A natural monument is a natural or natural/cultural feature of outstanding or unique value because of its inherent rarity, representative of aesthetic qualities or cultural significance.
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Protected area
Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values.
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Protected area with sustainable use of natural resources
A Protected area with sustainable use of natural resources or Managed Resource Protected Area is a protected area in which the aim is to protect and preserve biological diversity in the long term.
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Restoration ecology
Restoration ecology is the scientific study supporting the practice of ecological restoration, which is the practice of renewing and restoring degraded, damaged, or destroyed ecosystems and habitats in the environment by active human intervention and action.
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Seascape
A seascape is a photograph, painting, or other work of art which depicts the sea, in other words an example of marine art.
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Strict nature reserve
A strict nature reserve (IUCN category Ia) or wilderness area (IUCN category Ib) is the highest category of protected area recognised by the World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), a body which is part of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
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Taylor & Francis
Taylor & Francis Group is an international company originating in England that publishes books and academic journals.
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United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization tasked to promote international cooperation and to create and maintain international order.
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Wilderness area
A wilderness area is a region where the land is in a natural state; where impacts from human activities are minimal—that is, as a wilderness.
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World Commission on Protected Areas
The World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) is one of six commissions of the IUCN (World Conservation Union).
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World Conservation Monitoring Centre
The UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) is an executive agency of the United Nations Environment Programme, based in Cambridge in the United Kingdom.
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World Database on Protected Areas
The World Database on Protected Areas is the largest assembly of data on the world's terrestrial and marine protected areas, containing more than 200,000 protected areas as of October 2017, with records covering 245 countries and territories throughout the world.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IUCN_protected_area_categories
