Biodiversity was the buzzword of the Rio Earth Summit.
生物多样性是里约地球峰会上的时髦用语。
Industry representatives made it clear that their commitment was only to maintain the extent of forests, not their biodiversity.
业界代表们申明他们只承诺维持森林的规模而不是其生物多样性。
Biodiversity ensures a resource for new food crops and medicines.
生物多样性确保了新的粮食作物和药物的来源。
When a species goes extinct, it dramatically changes the landscape of biodiversity.
当一个物种灭绝时，它会极大地改变生物多样性的状况。
It had minimal effect on biodiversity, and any pollution it caused was typically localized.
它对生物多样性的影响微乎其微，而且它造成的任何污染通常都是局部的。
Specialisation and the effort to increase yields have resulted in the decrease of biodiversity.
专业化和提高产量的努力导致了生物多样性的减少。
Next to habitat loss, these invasive species represent the greatest threat to biodiversity worldwide, many ecologists say.
许多生态学家说，这些入侵物种仅次于栖息地的丧失，是对全球生物多样性的最大威胁。
So far we have covered biodiversity in the hardwood forest here in the upper peninsula of Michigan from a number of angles.
到目前为止，我们已经从多个角度报道了密歇根上半岛的硬木森林的生物多样性。
We've looked at everything from how biodiversity relates to species stability, to competition for forests resources and more.
我们做了很多研究，包括生物多样性与物种稳定性的关系，以及森林资源的竞争等。
The rapid expansion of urban areas will have a huge impact on biodiversity hotspots and on carbon emissions in those urban areas.
城市地区的快速扩张将对生物多样性热点地区和那些城市地区的碳排放产生巨大影响。
It has given rise to thousands of projects around the globe, representing democratic politics, food sovereignty, biodiversity and sustainable agriculture.
它在全球范围内催生了数千个项目，代表了民主政治、粮食主权、生物多样性和可持续农业。
Some researchers have argued that speciation rates, both terrestrial and marine, could be much higher in the tropics, making them a "cradle" of biodiversity.
一些专家认为，在热带地区的陆地和海域，物种形成的机率更高，这样就使热带地区成为了生物多样性的摇篮。
The report from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is clear on what's at stake and what needs to change.
这份来自生物多样性和生态系统服务政府间科学政策平台（IPBES）的报告明确指出了什么是利害攸关的以及什么需要改变。
There are many different ways to measure agricultural performance besides food yield: energy use, environmental costs, water purity, carbon footprint and biodiversity.
除了粮食产量之外，还有许多不同的方法来衡量农业表现：能源使用、环境成本、水的纯度、碳足迹和生物多样性。
One option for moving toward both biodiversity and terrestrial food supply goals is to produce greater yields from less land, thereby freeing land for conservation purposes.
实现生物多样性和陆地食物供应目标的一种选择是用更少的土地生产更高的产量，从而腾出土地用于保护目的。
As a recently published paper shows, the process of urbanization will only accelerate in the decades to come—with an enormous impact on biodiversity and potentially on climate change.
最近发表的一篇论文表明，城市化进程在未来几十年内只会加速——这将对生物多样性和气候变化产生巨大影响。
There's a link between biodiversity and pedodiversity, an obvious relationship between soils and flora and fauna, which is why pedodiversity really should be considered in forest management.
生物多样性和土壤多样性之间是有联系的，土壤和动植物之间的关系也非常明显，这就是为什么要在森林管理中考虑土壤多样性。
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