«We found that local extinction of marine species exceeded 50 percent of
current biodiversity levels across many regions and at times reached levels over 80 percent.»
Vegetation productivity or leaf cover can, for example, be measured across continents from space while providing information
about biodiversity levels on the ground.
Learning through play, your students will be able to not only learn about where the parks are and when they were established, but they will also be able to look for relationships between accessibility and
biodiversity levels as well as being introduced to the rich physical geography of the USA.
The conversion of forests for oil palm plants comes at a cost to the wildlife that once lived there, as monoculture plantations can't support the
same biodiversity levels that natural forests can.
Along
with biodiversity levels, this new carbon data is helping the Sabah Forestry Department work out «where to place new maximum protections,» Asner said.
He found that when a regenerating forest is helped along by active tree - planting it can regain
natural biodiversity levels more quickly than without management.
In this activity, you will be able to see
the biodiversity levels of leaf litter in your neighborhood and how human activity has impacted these levels.
Our analyses showed that
biodiversity levels are higher than previous estimates.