Biodiversity The importance of biodiversity, or biological diversity, for sustainable development is the basis of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity2011-2020 and the Aichi Biodiversity Targets adopted by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in 2010 and subsequently recognised by the UN in goal 15 of the SDGs. Biodiversity is the term used to describe the variety of life on Earth. It refers to the wide variety of ecosystems and living organisms, including animals, plants, their habitats and their genes. Our biological diversity has continuously evolved for billions of years and it has been shaped both by natural and human processes(https://www.cbd.int).We are all integral and fully depend on biodiversity, which provides us with good and services that support and sustain our lives. Biodiversity not only provides us with food, water, fertile soil, medicines, protection from storms and floods and recreation spaces, but also ensures us security and health and affects our social relations (see http://www.iucn.org). Although protecting biodiversity is key to human development, we often ignore how important it is for our personal health and the health of our economies. Human activities, magnified in recent years by population and economic growth and climate change, have led to a dramatically loss of biodiversity across the world. Schools play a key role in ensuring that biodiversity concepts are taught in the curriculum, but also that students develop values and increase their capacities to preserve biological diversity. In addition, there is a need for promoting whole-school approaches, so that actions to promote biodiversity are practiced on the school grounds (UNESCO, 2015). Source: http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/ Fig.3 Keyfacts–Biodiversity 174 Proceedings of the International Conference on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Policy and Practice 27-29 June 2016, Cha-am, Phetchaburi, Thailand
Proceedings of International Conference on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for the Sustainable Development Goals : Policy and Practice 27-29 June 2016 at the Sirindhorn International Environmental Park, Cha-am, Phetchaburi, Thailand
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