How can the elements of wild nature be maintained in landscapes that also need to produce material goods, environmental services, and the many cultural, aesthetic, and spiritual benefits that people everywhere want?

Overview

How can the elements of wild nature -- its species, genetic traits, populations, habitats and ecosystems -- be maintained in landscapes that also need to produce material goods, environmental services, and the many cultural, aesthetic, and spiritual benefits that people everywhere want?

Governments and communities entering the 21st century must find answers to this fundamental question.

Immediate action is needed to defend our threatened living resources; to reform the policies that invite such losses; to conduct inventory and study of resource use in key ecosystems and countries; to monitor changes and impending threats; to better manage threatened protected areas; to mobilize funding; and to support national and grassroots conservation initiatives.

Approaches to conserving biological diversity

Ten principles for conserving biodiversity

Principles and guidelines for planning biodiversity conservation

Managing biodiversity throughout the human environment

Building biodiversity awareness in primary and secondary schools

Information required to conserve biological diversity

Policy information

Information on how to conserve biodiversity and support conservation programs.

Establishing priorities for conserving biological diversity

International policies

National policies

Local action

Conserving elements of biodiversity

Expanding human capacity to conserve

Enlisting new partners for conservation of biological diversity