The organization Biodiversity International reports losses of up to eighty percent in heavily affected areas of the country.

VOA: special.2009.09.21

As we'll talk about later in the class, the biodiversity has shrunk so what used to be hundreds of varieties of corn is now just a few.

像我们后面所要提到的,玉米种群的生物多样性已经从曾经的,几百种减少到了现在的几种

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

The biodiversity has shrunk for various reasons of profitability and as a consequence of that things like corn crops, and the orange crops in Florida are particularly susceptible to certain environmental conditions, certain pests, and certain types of blight.

生物多样性的减少源自利益的驱动,和玉米一样,佛罗里达的柑橘作物很容易受到,一定环境条件的影响,还有虫害和枯萎病

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

The U.N.report was based,in part, on one hundred ten national reports on action taken to reduce or stop the loss of biodiversity.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

"It contributes to smog,acid rain, loss of biodiversity, dead zones along the coast, global warming, stratospheric ozone depletion.

VOA: special.2011.04.05

But a United Nations report has little good to say about the health of biodiversity in the world.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

At the time,more than one hundred ninety countries agreed to reduce or halt biodiversity losses by twenty ten.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

Scientists use the word biodiversity to describe the existence of many kinds of plants,animals and other organisms.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

He said this is a welcome message in two thousand ten - the International Year of Biodiversity.

VOA: special.2010.04.06

The Web site, a book and a series of art projects around the world will bring attention to the disappearing biodiversity on our planet.

VOA: special.2010.04.21

One definition of biodiversity is the differences of life at all levels of biological organization.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

This protected area is known for its rich biodiversity of sea and land creatures.

VOA: special.2009.04.22

The report will be discussed at a U.N.biodiversity meeting set for October in Nagoya,Japan.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

The report says national governments have failed to honor a biodiversity protection treaty.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

That is when the first Global Biodiversity Outlook report was released.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

The report identifies five main reasons for losses in biodiversity.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

The United Nations reports the loss of habitat has accelerated the loss of biodiversity in recent years.

VOA: standard.2010.01.31

"It's a biodiversity hotspot." About three million people will have a chance to visit the desert landscape on their way to or from the Museum.

VOA: standard.2010.08.09

Conservationists present a gloomy picture about the state of the world's biodiversity.

VOA: standard.2010.01.31

in terms of the biodiversity we have protected by protecting forests;

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

"I embarked on the road of sustainability or ethics or biodiversity about five years ago, when I founded a company called Noir I work with 16,000 farmers in Africa.

VOA: standard.2010.01.31

But it also recognized the potential risks to nutrition and biodiversity.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29

The IFAD leader says the International Year of Biodiversity.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29

So this is a timely opportunity to remind the world how agricultural biodiversity can improve productivity and nutrition,enhance livelihoods, respond to environmental challenges and deliver food security, Last July,the G8 summit in L'Aquila,Italy, issued a statement saying, There is an urgent need for decisive action to free humankind from hunger and poverty.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29