Contents
• Biodiversity and its origin
• Biodiversity: global versus local
• Biodiversity in land and water
• Mountains to oceans
• Agricultural biodiversity
• Diversity in domesticated animals
• Microbial diversity
• Megadiverse countries and hot spots
• Projecting biodiversity
• Biodiversity and civil society
• Tribal culture and biodiversity
• Value of biodiversity
• Business in biodiversity
• Biodiversity and biotechnology
• Threats in biodiversity
• Human society and loss of biodiversity
• Global concerns and local efforts
• Biodiversity and climate change
• References